Vocabulary
A pattern or group of stars that people imagine represents a figure, animal, or object.
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→ What is a constellation?
Why does the sun not completely set at higher latitudes during summer?
_because Earth's axis is tilted causing some areas to receive sunlight for longer periods
Earth moves in two ways: it revolves around the sun and ______ on its axis.
Earth moves in two ways: it revolves around the sun and ______ on its axis.
→ What is rotates?
: Eclipses occur when an object in space passes between the sun and a third object and _______
: Eclipses occur when an object in space passes between the sun and a third object and _______
→ What is casts a shadow on the third object?
An object that orbits a planet.
An object that orbits a planet.
→ What is a satellite?
Developed the heliocentric model where Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun.
Developed the heliocentric model where Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun.
→ Who is Aristarchus?
Earth is tilted on its axis, which creates __________
Earth is tilted on its axis, which creates __________
→ What are the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
A ______ eclipse happens when the moon passes directly between the Earth and the sun.
→ What is a solar eclipse?
A giant ball of superheated gas or plasma composed of hydrogen and helium.
A giant ball of superheated gas or plasma composed of hydrogen and helium.
→ What is a star?
What object is at the center of the geocentric model?
→ What is Earth?
Why do we have seasons?
because Earth's axis is tilted as it revolves around the sun
Planets appear to move in the sky against the backdrop of _______
Planets appear to move in the sky against the backdrop of _______
→ What are the stars?
Kepler found that the orbit of each planet is actually and ____________an oval shape rather than a perfect circle
what forces keep the moon from flying off into space?
Gravity attracts the moon toward Earth and inertia keeps the moon in motion
In each hemisphere, one day a year when the sun appears highest in the sky is called _______
In each hemisphere, one day a year when the sun appears highest in the sky is called _______
→ What is solstice?
A cold mixture of dust and gas that develops a long trail of light as it approaches the sun.
A cold mixture of dust and gas that develops a long trail of light as it approaches the sun.
→ What is a comet?
A streak of light produced when a small piece of rock or ice burns up as it enters Earth’s atmosphere.
A streak of light produced when a small piece of rock or ice burns up as it enters Earth’s atmosphere.
→ What is a meteor?
Which of the following refined the theory believed Earth was the center of the universe:
Aristarchus, Ptolemy, Brahe, Aristotle?
Who is Ptolemy?
The moon revolves around Earth and also rotates on _______
The moon revolves around Earth and also rotates on _______
→ What is its own axis?
When the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, we experience _______
When the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, we experience _______
→ What is winter?