Day/Night
What direction does the earth rotate?
The earth rotates west to east.
What is a shadow?
A shadow is caused when an object blocks light from passing through it.
What is a telescope and why are they important?
A telescope helps us see objects that are far away.
When you see constellations are they above or below the horizon?
Above the horizon
What is rotation and revolution?
Rotation is how the earth rotates causing day and night. Revolution is how the earth revolves around the sun causing seasons and years.
When it is night, are we in the earth or moon's shadow?
We are in the earth's shadow because we are facing away from the earth.
What is a constellation?
A constellation is a pattern that stars make when they are connected. The patterns are named and have a story that someone creates about them.
What is the sun?
A star.
What is the constellation that is also called the Great Bear? This constellation contains the big dipper.
Ursa Major
In the waxing phases of the moon, what side of the moon is illuminated.
The right side
Are daylight hours shorter or longer in the summer?
What do shadows look like when it is noon and why?
The shadow appears right behind the object because the sun is located right above the object at noon.
Name all of the planets in order from closest to the sun.
Mercury, Venus, Excited, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Constellations appear to move when you look at them at different times in the sky. Why is this?
Draw on the board a new moon, along with where the sun and earth are located.
The moon should be between the earth and the sun.
What would happen if the earth rotated slower?
A day would be longer.
Is the sun lower or higher in the sky in the morning? Does this cast a longer or shorter shadow?
The sun is lower in the morning, causing a longer shadow.
What are the four gas giant planets?
Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus
What constellation has the north star Polaris in it? Why is this important?
The teacher will draw a diagram on the board. You will label the seasons on the diagram.
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What direction does the sun set and why?
The sun sets in the west and rises in the east because earth rotates west to east. This makes the sun appear to move below the horizon.
The shadow starts long and get shorter until noon. The shadow then begins to get bigger after noon.
What are the properties of earth? (Examples: Solid or liquid, rock or gas, etc.)
Earth is Solid, has rock, and liquid water.
What does the North Star Polaris help us determine?
Latitude because latitude tells you from north to south.
Draw and label all the phases of the moon on the board.
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