Day, Night &
Earth's Rotation
Earth's Rotation
Earth's Rotation & Daily Shadow Patterns
Seasonal Changes & Shadow Length
Seasonal Patterns &
Earth's Orbit
Earth's Orbit
Moon Phases,
Lunar Cycle
Lunar Cycle
100
A large, round object in outer space that orbits a star
What is a planet?
100
A tool that tells time by using the changing direction of shadows caused by the Sun's movement across the sky
What is a sundial?
100
A time of year with specific weather that repeats every year
What is a season?
100
Circling another object, like the Earth around the Sun
What is orbit (revolve)?
100
Moon phase when the Moon looks like a circle
What is a full moon?
200
To spin or turn around a central point, like the Earth around its axis
What is rotate?
200
True or false: The location of the Sun is always in the west in the morning.
What is false?
200
What is:
a. Shadows are longer in winter when the Sun’s path is lower in the sky.
c. Shadows are shorter in the summer when the Sun's path is higher in the sky.
200
A group of stars in the night sky that form a pattern
What is a constellation?
200
Moon phase when the Moon looks completely dark
What is a new moon?
300
The distance around a circle
What is circumference?
300
True or false: The location of the Sun is always in the west in the evening.
What is true?
300
The Earth rotates on its axis once a day. The Moon orbits around the Earth once a month. The Earth orbits around the Sun once a year.
What most likely causes that path to take as long as it does to change?
a. The Earth’s rotation is most likely the cause because the pattern changes daily.
b. The orbit of the Moon around the Earth is most likely the cause because the pattern changes monthly.
c. The orbit of the Earth around the Sun is most likely the cause because the pattern changes yearly.
What is the orbit of the Earth around the Sun is most likely the cause because the pattern changes yearly.
300
True or false: All constellations can be seen at every month throughout the year.
What is false?
300
Moon phase when the Moon looks like half of a circle
What is a half moon?
400
An imaginary line that goes through the North Pole and South Pole of the Earth
What is axis?
400
True or false: The Sun rises in the east at the start of the day and sets in the west at the end of the day.
What is true?
400
How many hours of daylight is there each month?
What is:
January has 10 hours of daylight hours.
March has 12 hours of daylight hours.
May has 13 hours of daylight hours.
July has 14 hours of daylight hours.
September has 12 hours of daylight hours.
November has 11 hours of daylight hours.
400
It takes this long for the Earth to rotate on its axis.
What is 24 hours?
400
Moon phase when the Moon looks like a sliver
What is a crescent moon?
500
Looking at the pattern of day and night in the images above, what can you say about where Dante and Kim live?
What is Dante and Kim must live on opposite sides of the Earth.
500
Using information from the table, which of the following patterns do you notice?
True or False: Shadows change throughout the day and there is no pattern.
Shadows are longer in the early morning and late evening.
Shadows are longest in the morning and decrease in length throughout the day.
What is false, true, false?
500
Leia loves taking her dog for long walks. But she only likes to walk him during daylight. Leia wants to figure out if she can take her dog out for longer walks in any particular season throughout the year.
What is Leia can take her dog for longer walks during the summer as that is when there is the most amount of daylight hours.
500
It takes this long for the Earth to orbit (revolve) around the Sun. Be exact.
What is 365 1/4 days?
500
Moon phase when the Moon looks like a little less than a full circle
What is a gibbous moon?