Seasons
In what season is the sun at its highest?
summer
True or false: The sun is a star.
True
Why can you only see Orion in the winter months?
Constellations stay put, while we orbit the sun. We move out of view of Orion after the winter.
What is the moon phase that comes after (waning) Gibbous?
Half moon or last quarter moon
Name this Moon Phase where the moon is not visible to us on Earth
New Moon
What season has the shortest shadows?
summer
Where does the sun set?
West
Why can't you see the constellation Scorpius in the winter?
Scorpius is a summer constellation and so in winter, it is on the other side of the Earth.
How long does it take for the moon to complete one whole cycle?
1 month (28 days)
Name the moon phase where the whole moon is lit up.
Full moon.
In the winter the shadows are shorter or longer than in the summer?
longer
Where does the sun rise?
East
True or false: Earth's rotation on its axis is the reason we see different constellations throughout the year.
False: Earth's revolution around the Sun.
If it's 8 o'clock in the evening and the Sun is still out, what season is it? How do you know?
It’s summer. I know because in summer the daytime is longer and the Sun sets later
What does waning mean?
Shrinking
During what season are our days the longest?
Summer
True or false: The sun orbits the Earth.
False
True or false: The moon creates its own light.
False: The moon receives light from the sun.
From Sunday evening to Friday evening, how many complete spins does the Earth make?
From Sunday evening to Friday evening, the Earth makes five complete spins (rotations).
What moon phase comes after a Waxing gibbous?
Full Moon
Why are the shadows longer/shorter in the different seasons?
The sun is on a lower or a higher path depending on the season.
If the earth were to spin around its axis twice as fast as it does right now what would happen to the days/ nights?
The days/nights would both be half as long.
Why does the moon appear to change shape throughout the month?
The Moon orbits the Earth so the angle of the Sun’s reflection changes.
The planet Mercury takes 176 days to do one spin around its pole. Compared to the Earth, would the Sun appear to move more quickly across Mercury's sky or more slowly? Why?
The Sun would appear to move much more slowly across Mercury's sky than Earth's sky, because Mercury spins much more slowly than the Earth.
What comes after a first quarter moon?
Waxing Gibbous.