Stars
The patterns our shadows make here in West Harrison
What is long in the morning, short around noon and long again around mid afternoon
When the moon moves around Earth its called
What is orbiting
A group of stars that form a pattern.
What are constellations
The shadow will always appear
What is opposite of the sun
When we can't see the moon, its called
New Moon
The name of our galaxy
What is the Milky Way galaxy
True of False: We see all stars as they are at the current time.
False- It takes so long for light to reach us, that the star could already be gone
it takes 365 1/4 days for the Earth to make one of these around the sun.
What is an Revolution.
When we see the right side of the moon its called a ________ gibbous or crescent. Seeing the left side is ________ gibbous or crescent.
What is waxing on the right and waning on the left.
When the sun is at the highest part of the sky, its called
Solar noon
Betelgeuse star on constellation Orion is bigger and brighter than our sun. The sun looks brighter is an example of
What is a Apparent Brightness
The time in light minutes it takes sunlight to reach the Earth.
What is 8 minutes.
The direction that the Earth rotates.
What is counterclockwise
The amount of time it takes to moon to go thorugh it phases
What is 27.3 days
When something falls to Earth it is an example of
What is gravity.
True of False: We see the same constellations every day as the rest of the world does.
False- Explain why
Our sun is considered a __________ star
What is average star
The moons orbiting is directly related to
The waves in thr ocean
No matter where we drop something, where does the object want to go?
What is the center of Earth.