Earth, Sun, & Moon
What is the sun, the moon, and the Earth?
A Star, a moon, and a planet.
What is the Autumn/Fall Equinox?
The day when the sun crosses the equator from the Northern to the Southern Hemisphere. Days begin to shorten, and the sun begins to lower from the sky. It begins to get colder outside. The Earth's axis is parallel to the sun.
During the day, we see the sun in different positions moving along the sky. Is the sun moving or the Earth?
The Earth.
Gravity
The force that attracts an object toward the center of the earth.
How old is every teacher?
29.
What is something that the Earth, sun, and moon have in common?
They are all orbs, all in space, all have oxygen, all in the same galaxy, and other.
What is the Winter solstice?
A day which marks the beginning of winter, at the time of the shortest day. The Earth’s poles meet their maximum tilt away from the sun.
What is special about the North Star?
It doesn't move very much through the year. On a time lapse photo/video, other stars look like they are moving around the star in a circular motion. People use to used it to navigate.
Orbit.
The path of an object around a particular point in space.
What is an astronaut’s favorite key on the keyboards?
The space bar.
It is completely grey, it doesn't have an atmosphere, it revolves around the Earth, it doesn't have any water, other
What is the Spring Equinox?
When the sun crosses back into the Northen Hemisphere signifying the first day for spring. Days begin to get longer, and it begins to get warmer outside. The Earth's axis is parallel with the sun.
What causes day and night?
Earth spinning around its axis, making one complete turn. One complete rotation.
Rotate
To turn or spin around a center point.
Why did the cow go into space?
So he could land on the mooooooon.
What are three things unique about the Earth?
It has life, it is both blue and green, most of it is liquid, it has clouds, other
What is the Summer solstice?
A day which marks the beginning of summer, at the time of the longest day. The sun is at its highest, the sunlight is out longer, and it is warmer out. The Earth's axis is tilted towards the sun.
How long does it take Earth to make one full rotation?
1 day.
Revovle
To move in a circular or curving path around an object or specific point.
What is the name of Mrs. Pyo's cat?
MeMe.
What are three things unique about the sun?
it is a star/yellow dwarf, the mass is 333,000 times the mass of the Earth, it is the biggest of the three, only star in our solar system, other
Why are the summer months warmer than the spring months even though it looks like the spring months should be warmer?
The sun's rays or more concentrated during the summer while during the spring they are more spread out.
What is the Earth's axis?
An imaginary line going right through the center of Earth from "top" (North Pole) to "bottom" (South Pole).
Axis
An imaginary line (that travels through the object’s center) that an object turns around. The Earth's axis goes through the North Pole to the South Pole.
What are the names of all of the planets in our solar system? Bonus points if you list them in order.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune