Solar System
What are the 4 terrestrial (rocky) planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
What is the word used to describe when the moon is "growing" or getting bigger?
waxing
Earth is tilted at 23.5 degree angle on its ___________ (imaginary line)
axis
What causes the seasons?
Tilt of Earth and Orbit
What is Mrs. Spotanski's kids' names?
How long does it take Earth to revolve or orbit around the Sun?
365 days or 1 year
What is the word for when the moon is gradually getting smaller?
Waning
What season occurs in the Southern Hemisphere when it is tilted away from the sun?
winter
What season is it when Northern hemisphere is titled away from the sun?
Winter
This variable is the normal or reference point that we can compare results to.
control
A pattern or a group of stars that people imagine represents a figure, and animal, or object is a ______________
constellation
Does the moon get smaller or larger after a full moon? What is the phase?
Smaller
waning gibbous
How long does it take the Earth to rotate once?
What does it cause?
24 hours
Day and night
How long is the moon cycle or how long does it take moon to orbit Earth?
about 29 1/2 days or one month
Which variables do we keep the same?
constants
What are the 4 plants made of gas?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Moon phase after the new moon?
waxing crescent
What season is the Northern Hemisphere experiencing when it is tilted directly toward the Sun?
summer
What repeating cycle is responsible for the four seasons that occur on Earth?
revolution of Earth around the Sun
The dependent variable is what the scientist ____________.
measures
The force that pulls everything toward the center of Earth
gravity
What is the moon phase when the moon is between the Earth and the sun?
What does the moon look like?
New Moon
Can't see moon
What would seasons be like if Earth's axis were straight up and down?
There would ne no seasons
Felicia noticed how air temperatures were cooler and there were fewer hours of daylight during some of the seasons. What all contributes to these seasonal changes?
Earth revolves around the Sun. and tilt
Write a testable question about plant growth and fertilizer.
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