Vocabulary
A pattern or group of stars that people imagine represents a figure, animal, or object.
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→ What is a constellation?
_______ thought Earth was the center of the universe.
_______ thought Earth was the center of the universe.
→ Who is Ptolemy?
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?
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?
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?
An object that orbits the sun. Objects in the sky appear to move due to Earth’s rotation and revolution.
An object that orbits the sun. Objects in the sky appear to move due to Earth’s rotation and revolution.
→ What is a planet?
What discovery by Galileo supported the heliocentric model?
What discovery by Galileo supported the heliocentric model?
→ What are the phases of Venus?
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 also believed Earth was the center of the universe:
Aristarchus, Ptolemy, Brahe, Aristotle?
Who is Aristotle?
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?