Vocabulary
Apparent brightness
Constellations
Earths´ motion
Miscellaneous
100
Define gravity?
What is he force that attracts a body towards the center of earth.
100
Why is our sun is a billion times brighter than the stars?
What is the sun is closer to earth than other stars.
100
Define constellation?
What is stars that connect to form a shape, usually given a name.
100
Why does a full moon rise in the east and set in the west?
What is the earth is rotating on its axis.
100
What is the way a meteoroid would go in space?
What is towards earth.
200
Define orbit?
What is the curved path of a celestial object around the sun, planet or moon.
200
Why do stars have different apparent brightness?
What is some stars are closer to earth than others.
200
What is the reason constellations change?
What is the earth revolves around the sun, making earth face changes
200
What is the reason length and direction of shadows change?
Earth is spinning on its axis.
200
Define axis?
What is an imaginary line the earth rotates on
300
Define rotation?
What is the turning of an object on its axis.
300
What is a way for a student to show why galaxies can look like a star?
What is one students hold two flashlights together while moving away
300
What is the reason we don't see the same constellations in summer and winter?
What is the earth is revolving around the sun placing us in different positions on the sky
300
What is the pattern of shadows seen throughout the day?
What is the shadows are shortest when the sun is highest, the shadows are longest when the sun is low
300
What is a way to use flashlights to represent galaxies?
What is by putting the flashlights together
400
Define apparent brightness?
What is a measure of a celestial object luminosity in the sky (how bright an object looks in the sky)
400
What is the order from closest to farthest from earth?
What is O, B, M
400
What is the constellation that looks like a man with an arrow?
What is orion?
400
Why do we experience day/night?
What is earths rotation facing towards and away from the sun.
400
What is the reason earth experiences more daylight in the summer?
What is earth's tilt towards the sun in its revolution providing it with more daylight.
500
Define illuminate?
What is to light up.
500
What is distances affect apparent brightness?
What is the farther away the less apparent brightness and the closer the more.
500
True or false: The sun revolves around the earth and the earth rotates which cause constellations to change.
What is FALSE! the sun does NOT revolve OR move.
500
What is the way the earth rotates?
What is west to east/ counterclockwise
500
What is the amount of time it takes the earth to rotate AND revolve around the sun?
What is 24 hours to rotate
365 days to revolve around the sun