Sun, Earth, & Moon Vocab.
The study of space is called and the person that studies space is...
What is Astronomy and Astronomer?
What is the moon?
Earth's Satellite
It causes the Sun to appear to move across the sky
What is Axis?
The four seasons are
Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall), Winter
The Sun rises in the ____ and sets in ____.
What is the East and West?
An axis is...
What is an imaginary line of which Earth rotates on?
The difference between a planet and star is
A planet is large object that revolves around a star and a star is a large burning sphere of gas found in space
It causes us to experience day and night
What is rotation?
The cause of seasons is
What is caused by the sun’s direct and indirect sunlight and the tilt of Earth’s axis.
What is a shadow?
The Moon passes through Earth's shadow is...
What is Lunar Eclipse?
What is the phases of the moon?
It is how much of the moon appears to us on Earth to be lit up by the sun
How long does it take Earth to complete one rotation
What is 24 hours or a one day?
During the Summer, the Northern Hemisphere is receiving what type of sunlight
What is direct sunlight as Earth’s axis points us toward the Sun, so it is warmer.
Longer shadows are caused when
When the sun is low in the sky
Certain times of the year defined by temperature and the position of Earth’s orbit around the Sun
What is Seasons?
What is a lunar eclipse and when does it occur?
when the Moon passes through Earth’s shadow and ONLY occur at NIGHT and during a FULL Moon
How long does it take Earth to revolve around the Sun
What is 365 days or one year?
During the winter, the Northern Hemisphere is receiving what type of sunlight
what is indirect sunlight as Earth’s axis points us away from the Sun, so it is cooler
When is the Sun at its lowest in the sky?
when it is rising (coming up) and setting (going down)
To rotate means to
What is to turn in place?
What is a solar eclipse and when does it occur
when Earth passes through the Moon’s shadow and ONLY happen during the DAY because that is when we can see the Sun.
The difference between rotation and revolution is
What is rotation is to to turn in place and revolution (revolve) is for one object to move around another object in a circular motion?
We live in what part of the hemisphere
What is Northern Hemisphere?
When the sun is right above us