Objects in the Sky
These objects in the night sky change positions form night to night against the background of the stars.
What are planets?
The most famous comet that comes around every 75 years.
What is Halley's Comet?
The sun's apparent motion is also caused by ____?
What is Earth's rotation?
Galileo gradually convince others that the heliocentric model was correct with an object he constructed himself.
What is a telescope?
The imaginary line going through Earth.
What is an axis?
A streak of light produced when a small piece of rock or ice burns as it enters the Earth's atmosphere.
What is a meteor?
A pattern or group of stars that people imagine represents a figure, animal or objects.
What is a constellation?
We experience seasonal changes because of Earth's ___ and ___ around the sun.
What is revolution and orbit?
A tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides.
What is a neap tide?
The spinning of Earth on its axis is called...
What is rotation?
These two forces combined to keep the moon in orbit around the Earth.
What is inertia and gravity?
Toward the poles, star appear to take a ______ path.
What is circular?
Earth and the other planets move around the sun in two separate ways, ___ and ___.
What is rotation and revolution?
The band where planets all orbit the sun in about the same plane.
What is the Zodiac?
Earth and other planet's path around the sun is called an ___.
What is an orbit?
Regardless of what phase of the moon we see ___ of the moon is always lit.
What is the half of the moon?
Means "wanderer" in Greek.
What is a planet?
It takes Earth ___ to rotate once.
What are 24 hours.
Ms. Rangel is in room ____.
What is room 41?
Tides occur about every ___.
What is 12.5 hours?