The Sky From Earth
The ____________is an object that burns up forming streak of light as it enters Earth's Atmosphere
A Meteor
How long does it take for the Earth to do one rotation on its axis?
One Day
How long does it take for the Earth to complete one whole revolution around the Sun?
One Year.
True or False
The moon's orbit around Earth is absolutely straight with respect to Earth's orbit around the sun.
False
(The moon's orbit is relatively straight, compared to Earth's orbit around the sun.)
The motion of Earth around the sun mostly affects
A.Length of a Month
B.The cycle of the seasons
C.Phases of the Moon
B. The Cycle of the seasons.
A Star is a sphere of hot gas mostly made of _______________ and ________________.
Hydrogen, and Helium
When the sun is farthest north of the equator, we call this the _________ ________________.
June Solstice
When it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere, it is winter in the________________.
Northern Hemisphere
What causes a solar eclipse?
The Moon blocks sunlight from reaching Earth.
The time between today's and tomorrow's sunset is?
a. 12 hours
b. 24 hours
c. 36 hours
d. 48 hours
b. 24 hours
Which of the following objects is found in Earth's atmosphere?
A.Comet
B.Meteor
C.Moon
D.Planet
B.Meteor
What is Earth's annual motion around the sun called?
A.Month
B.Revolution
C.Rotation
D.Season
B.Revolution
What causes the seasons?
As Earth orbits the sun, changes in the amount of sunlight result from the tilt of Earth's axis.
A(n) ____________ eclipse occurs at a full moon when Earth is directly between the moon and the sun.
lunar
The moon phase when you can see half of the moon lite up is the _________ ____________.
Full Moon
Over time, people have given names to groups of stars, called _________________________.
constellations
Earth has seasons because its __________ is tilted as it revolves around the sun.
Axis
You can see what five planets from Earth without a telescope?
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn
One day on the moon is how long-on Earth?
One Moon day is a month on Earth.
Earth's gravity pulls the moon _______________.
(Inward or Outward)
Inward