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Earth Spins
Moon
Seasons
Shadows
Stars
100
What does the earth spin on?
What is its axis
100
How many phases of the moon did we learn
What is 4
100
Where we are in the northern hemisphere...which season has the most amount of sunlight?
What is summer
100
What are 3 things needed to make a shadow?
What is light source, object, and surface
100
What is a star pattern in the sky called
What is a constellation
200
How long does it take for earth to rotate 1 time?
What is 24 hours
200
Name all 4 moon phases
What is new moon, 1st quarter moon, full moon, and 3rd quarter (last quarter)
200
Where we are in the northern hemisphere...which season has the least amount of sunlight?
What is winter
200
What time of the day has the shortest shadow?
What is midday (noon)
200
A modern telescope is used for what?
What is it makes stars look larger and helps you see stars up close
300
How long does it take for earth to make one revolution around the sun?
What is 1 year or 365 (366) days
300
How long does it take the moon to rotate one time on its axis?
What is 27 days
300
What causes the season to change on earth?
What is earth's tilt and revolution around the sun
300
Ursa Major is also known as which famous constellation
What is The Big Dipper
400
The northern half of earth tilts away from the sun during which month? June, March, December, September
What is December
400
How long does it take the moon to make on rotation around the earth?
What is 29 1/2 days
400
What season is it when the northern half of earth tilts away from the sun?
What is winter
400
Which constellation has the north star in it?
What is the Little Dipper (Ursa minor)
500
In the summer the number of hours of daylight is what compared to the number of hours of darkness
What is more than
500
Why is a full moon so bright even though it does not make its own light?
What is the sun reflects off of the moon and gives it the appearance that it is lit up.
500
What season is it when the northern half of the earth tilts toward the sun?
What is summer
500
Like the sun, stars seem to move across the night sky. They do not move, what does move though to make it seem as if the stars and sun are moving?
What is earth rotating on its axis