The Sun is the main source of _____ and _____ for Earth
What is light and energy
100
The North Pole is always pointed towards what star?
What is Polaris (The North Star)
100
What causes a lunar eclipse?
What is Earth casts a shadow on the Moon
200
one complete spin on its axis
What is rotation
200
Shade beneath at tree is caused by the tree blocking sunlight
What is TRUE
200
Earth does not make its own ________
What is light
200
When the northern half of the Earth is tilted towards the Sun, what season is it in the southern half?
What is winter
200
Why do some stars appear dimmer than others?
What is They are farther away from Earth than other stars
300
Define axis
The imaginary line on which Earth spins
300
Shadows cast by the Sun are shortest at NIGHT
What is FALSE ( the shortest shadows cast by the Sun occur at noon)
300
The half of the of Earth's curved surface that faces the Sun is in __________, and the other half is in __________
What is light and darkness
300
What do we call the movement of Earth around the Sun?
What is Revolution
300
When you look at them at constellations at different times what will you notice about how move ?
What is They are in different parts of the sky at different times of the year. They seem to rotate around the North Star. They seem to change as the seasons change.
400
Define revolution
What is one complete trip around the Sun
400
The southern half of Earth tilts away from the Sun during December
What is FALSE ( The NORTHERN half of Earth tilts away from the Sun during December)
400
The Sun appears to rise in the __________ and set in the _________
What is East and West
400
How many hours of daylight are there in December and June?
What is 9 and 15
400
Why do we use telescopes to look at the stars?
What is Stars are so faraway and faint that we can't see them with just our eyes
500
each different way the moon looks
What is moon phase
500
The tilt of the SUN and its REVOLUTION around Earth cause the seasons to change
What is FALSE (The tilt of the EARTH and its REVOLUTION around the Sun cause the seasons to change)
500
The half of ________ facing the Sun has _____, and the half of Earth not facing the Sun has ______
What is Earth, day, night
500
Why do we have seasons? (What causes them)
What is The position of Earth in tis revolution around the Sun and its tilt determine the season
500
How did constellations receive names?
What is People looked into the sky and saw pictures of animals, people, and objects in the patterns of the stars. They gave these pictures names.