Moon Phases
Rotation/Revolve
Animals
Miscellaneous
100
When the appearance of the moon increases
What is waxing?
100
the spinning of an object on it's axis
What is rotation?
100

Animals that have adapted to be awake at night and sleep during the day.

What is nocturnal animals?

100

The path that the earth follows around the sun

What is orbit?

200
When the appearance of the moon decreases
What is waning?
200
the movement of a smaller object around a larger object
What is revolution?
200

Animals that are awake during the day and sleep at night.

What are diurnal animals?

200

These nighttime pictures in the sky change each season

What are constellations?

300
this causes the moon to change phases
What is the different sunlit parts of the moon seen from Earth as the moon revolves around the earth?
300
24 hours
What is earth's period of rotation?
300

Name 3 diurnal animals

What are: humans, dogs, deer, birds, etc

300

the season in the Northern Hemisphere when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun

What is summer?

400

the moon is lit 3/4 of the way on it's left side

What is waning gibbous?

400

365 days

How long does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?

400
Name 2 nocturnal animals

What are bats, owls etc.

400

How long does it take for the earth to complete a revolution around the sun?

What is one year?

500

When it's a new moon what do we see in the sky?

What looks like no moon!

500
Rotation causes _________ and revolution causes _______.
What are days and years?
500

What are 2 adaptations nocturnal animals have to help them at night

What are vision, smell, taste, echolocation, hearing etc.

500

What time of day are shadows the shortest?

What is the middle of the day, or noon