The Sun
This is where the sun located in our solar system.
What is in the center of our solar system?
What does the moon orbit?
What is the Earth?
This causes tides in the oceans on Earth.
What is the Moon's pull on Earth?
This season in the Northern Hemisphere is typically hot, humid and has pop-up thunderstorms.
What is summer?
List two or more astrological tools.
What are the astrolabe, sextant, telescope and compass?
This is how you can expect a shadow to look like in the early morning.
What is long and stretched out?
The moon is a natural ___________ of the Earth.
What is satellite?
This causes day and night on Earth.
What is the rotation of Earth on it's axis?
This season is typically cold, and may or may not have snow.
What is Winter?
This tool makes faraway objects seem closer and bigger.
What is a telescope?
This is how a shadow looks around mid-day.
What is short and/or underneath the object?
A student observes the moon for several days and notices that the shape of the moon appears to change. What causes the change in the shape of the moon?
What is the revolution of the Moon around the Earth?
This motion causes the Earth to experience a year.
What is a revolution around the sun?
This season occurs when the weather turns from hot to cool and leaves change color on the trees.
What is autumn (or fall)?
This instrument uses a magnetic needle to find Earth's Magnetic North.
What is the compass?
What is super hot and gaseous?
This moon phase occurs when the moon is lit up completely.
What is a Full Moon?
This is the blanket of gas surrounding the Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
This season is taking place when the Northern Hemisphere is pointing AWAY from the sun.
What is winter?
This tool measures an angle of the horizon and the sun or star. It helps ships determine their latitude.
What is the sextant?
This force keeps planets in orbit around the sun.
What is gravity?
This is how many days it takes for the moon to complete a full moon cycle.
What is 29 days?
This layer of Earth's atmosphere is where all weather takes place.
What is the troposphere?
This season is taking place when the Northern Hemisphere is pointing TOWARDS the sun.
What is summer?
This tool was used to measure the position of the sun and stars. It could help sailors estimate the time of day and where they were located.
What is the Astrolabe?