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Sun
Shadows
Moon Phases
Moon
Seasons
100
The direction the sun rises and the direction it sets
What is it rises in the east and sets in the west?
200
Why does the sun appear to move across the sky?
What is the sun does not move - the earth rotates?
300
What season is the sun the highest in the sky?
What is summer?
300
What time of day is the shadow the longest?
What is noon?
300
What is the phase where we see the dark side of the moon?
What is new moon?
300
What instrument do we use to look at the moon and stars?
What is a telescope?
300
How does the tilt of the Earth affect the seasons?
What is The seasons are caused as the Earth, tilted on its axis, travels in a loop around the Sun each year. Summer happens in the hemisphere tilted towards the Sun, and winter happens in the hemisphere tilted away from the Sun.
400
What season is the sun the lowest in the sky?
What is winter?
400
What time of year is the shadow the shortest?
What is summer?
400
What is waxing?
What is the moon is getting bigger on the right side?
400
How is the moon illuminated? (lit up)
What is the sun's reflection/light?
400
What is revolution?
What is when a planet or moon goes all the way around an object? (It revolves!)
500
What causes day and night?
What is the Earth is constantly rotating which causes day and night depending on how the Earth is facing the sun?
500
What time of year is the shadow the longest?
What is winter?
500
What is the moon called when the left side of the moon is lit up?
What is last quarter?
500
How long does it take for the moon to orbit around the Earth?
What is 28 days or one month?
500
What is rotation?
What is rotation is when a planet or moon spins all the way around on its axis? (spins like a top!)