Vocabulary
Causes
Timing
Seasons
Moon Phases
100
What is a group of stars that come together to form a design called?
What is a constellation?
100
Day and Night are caused by what?
What is the Earth spinning on its axis?
100
Every four years we do this to the calendar in February?
Add a day, leap year.
100
During which season is the northern hemisphere tilting towards the sun?
Summer
100
Which moon phase is it when the moon is completely lit?
What is the full moon?
200
The path the Earth follows around the sun?
What is an Orbit?
200
What star can you see in the northern hemisphere all year round?
The North Star
200
How long does it take for the moon to revolve around the Earth?
About 28 days
200
During which season is North America tilted away from the sun?
Winter
200
Which moon phase is it when the moon is completely dark?
What is the new moon?
300
The imaginary line between Earth's poles that we rotate on is called __________
What is the axis?
300
During the summer, the sun is ______________ in the sky and shadows are _______________ at noon.
During the summer, the sun is higher in the sky and shadows are short at noon.
300
The Earth rotates on its axis _________ every day?
Once
300
During which season is the Northern Hemisphere slowly getting less and less sunlight every day?
What is fall / autumn
300
Which moon phase is it when the moon is only half lit on the right side?
What is a first quarter moon?
400
The Earth traveling around the sun is called _________
What is revolution?
400
During the winter, the sun is ____________ in the sky and shadows are _______________ at noon.
In winter, the sun is lower in the sky, and shadows are longer at noon.
400
How long does it take the Earth to make one full rotation?
What is 24 hours
400
Winter months can be determined on a chart due to (less or more) daylight time.
LESS daylight time
400
Which moon phases happens when the moon is lit only on the left half?
What is a third-quarter moon?
500
The Earth spinning on its axis is called what?
What is rotation?
500
Why do we see different constellations each season?
As the Earth is revolving around the sun we get to see different stars in the sky.
500
How long does it take for the Earth to make one full revolution around the sun?
What is 365.25 days?
500
Why do we have seasons?
What is the Earth's tilt and the the Earth's revolution around the sun?
500
When the moon is gaining light, it is ___________ and when it is losing light it is _______________.
gaining light = waxing
losing light = waning