Gravity
Gravity pulls towards
The center of the earth
What is the brightest star in the sky
the sun
Earths rotation on its axis causes..
Day and night
a constelation is..
a group of stars that form a pattern viewed from earth
The part of the earth facing away from the sun is experiencing.
night time
Is gravity considered a force or a motion
force
why does the sun appear so bright to us?
because of how close it is to the earth
the seasons and time zones
Their position in the sky can help with navigation, keep track of calenders, help people to recognize stars
What is the axis?
an imaginary line that is tilted at a 45degree angle that runs through the north and south pole of the earth. This is what earth spins around
Without gravity what would happen
things that went up may not come down
Does the earth rotate around the sun? Or does the sun rotate around the earth?
The earth rotates around the sun
When is your shadow the shortest? When is it the longest? Why?
Shadows are longest at sunrise/sunset and smallest at noon due to earths angle in the sky.
Name two more purposes for constelations
navigation, able to tell dates like a calender, locate stars in the sky
Time zones exsist because
not all places on earth have day and night at the same time