Shadows
Shadows are longest at this part of the day?
What is sunrise and sunset?
Our Earth does this one time every 24 hours.
What is a rotation?
What causes seasons?
The Earth tilting?
When the moon is getting bigger it is this.
What is waxing?
This is the hottest planet.
What is Venus?
At this time of day shadows are shortest.
What is noon(12:00)?
The Earth does this once a year.
What is travels (revolution) around the Sun?
This imaginary line runs North and South through the globe.
What is the axis?
When the moon is getting smaller it is this.
What is waning?
The planet known as the "Goldilocks Planet".
What is the Earth?
Shadows point North at this time of day.
What is noon?
The Sun does not do this.
What is move?
When the Earth tilts towards the Sun, this happens?
What is spring & summer?
This is when the moon is “missing.”
What is a New Moon?
The coldest planet.
What is Uranus.
What direction are shadows pointing in the morning?
What is West?
This is the Earths closest star.
What is the Sun?
In the Southern Hemisphere this happens when North America has winter.
What is summer?
The light is on the right, is the moon getting...
The moon is getting bigger
A force holding Earth in its orbit around the Sun.
What is gravity?
Why do shadows change throughout the day?
The sun changes its position in the sky.
(the earths rotating)
The star also known as Polaris.
What is move in the North Star?
Travels around the Sun.
What is Earth’s revolution?
Takes about 1 month.
What are Moon phases?
This is about 100 times as wide (diameter) as Earth.
What is the size of the Sun?