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Vocabulary
True or False
Sun Patterns
Star Patterns
Gravity and Eclipse Review
100
How close or far away you are from the equator.
What is latitude?
100
Earth's rotation on its axis causes the stars to change every season.
What is false?
100
The direction that the Sun appears to "move" across the sky.
What is East to West?
100
A picture, or pattern, created by groups of stars.
What is a constellation?
100
The direction in which gravity pulls all objects on Earth.
What is down?
200
A complete spin. Earth ___________ on it's axis every 24 hours.
What is rotation/rotates?
200
Earth will rotate 5 times from Sunday afternoon to Saturday afternoon.
What is false? It will rotate 6 times.
200
How often does the Earth complete a rotation?
What is every 24 hours?
200
The largest star in our solar system from which Earth gets heat and light energy.
What is the Sun?
200
The meaning of "down".
What is "towards the center of the Earth." or "Towards Earth's core"
300
The complete path of Earth around the Sun.
What is an orbit?
300
We have seasons because Earth is tilted on its axis.
What is true?
300
The direction in which Earth rotates on its axis.
What is counter-clockwise?
300
Orion is a constellation that you will see during this season.
What is winter?
300
A type of eclipse when the moon moves between the Sun and Earth, and blocks the Sun's light.
What is a solar eclipse?
400
The imaginary pole on which Earth is tilted.
What is axis?
400
You see different constellations each season because Earth is rotating around the Sun.
What is false? You see different constellations each season because Earth is ORBITING around the Sun.
400
The Sun is the highest in the sky during this time of day.
What is noon?
400
Our sun is classified as this type of star.
What is a yellow dwarf star?
400
A type of eclipse in which the moon and Sun are on opposite sides of the Earth, and the moon is covered by Earth's shadow.
What is a lunar eclipse?
500
When the Sun is shining directly above the equator. (The hours of day and night are about equal).
What is equinox?
500
Lyra and Taurus are constellations that you will see in Autumn.
What is false? You will see Lyra in the summer, and Taurus can be seen in the winter.
500
The Sun is the highest in the sky at noon during this season. (hint: this would cause long daylight hours)
What is summer?
500
How often the constellations change.
What is every season?
500
The moon appears red because of the light passing through Earth's atmosphere.
What is a blood moon?