Vocab 1
A force that pulls one object toward another.
What is gravity?
The moons revolves around this planet.
What is Earth?
What is a star?
The star that Earth revolves around.
What is the sun?
Motion that seems to happen but doesn't actually happen.
What is apparent motion?
24 hours.
What is the time it takes Earth to make one rotation on its axis? (scientific meaning of a day)
To spin around.
What is rotation?
Why is it colder in the winter than in the summer?
The Earth is tilted away from the sun.
Star patterns.
What are constellations?
Eight.
How many moon phases are there?
Axis.
What is the imaginary line that Earth rotates on?
The sun is closer to us.
Why does the sun appear to be brighter and larger than other stars?
Orbit.
What is the path a revolving body follows?
23.5 degrees.
How much is Earth tilted on its axis?
Motion of one object around another.
What is revolution?
More hours of daylight during the summer, less during the winter.
How do the number of daylight hours change throughout the year?
The 12 constellations that the Sun appears to pass through over a year.
What are the Zodiac constellations?
The reason a skydiver falls toward Earth.
What is gravity?
The hemisphere that is north of the Equator and that we live in.
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
Earth's tilt and revolution around sun.
What causes seasons?