Day and Night
What causes day & night?
The Earth spinning.
If there are long shadows outside during lunchtime, the season is ...
Winter.
365 days.
How does Earth move in space?
Rotate and revolve
In which moon phase does the moon seem to "disappear"?
New moon
How many hours are in a day and night?
24 hours.
If there are short shadows outside at lunchtime, the season is...
Summer.
Why do we have seasons?
Earth is revolving around the sun.
Earth path it follows around the sun is called it's...
Orbit.
How long does it take for the moon to complete 1 full moon cycle?
28 days (almost 1 month)
Why do we have the number of hours in a day that we do?
There are 24 hours in a day because 12 finger segments were important to ancient Egyptians. 12 + 12 = 24.
Why are shadows longer in the winter and the fall?
The sun is lower in the sky.
Earth's revolution around the sun causes ...
Seasons (and different constellations to appear)
How can you tell if an object in the night sky is a planet or a star?
Why do we have moon phases?
The moon revolves around the Earth while the sun shines on it. We see different amounts of the lit up moon.
We KNOW the Earth is rotating once each day because ...
There is video from space that proves it.
If I see a long shadow at 8:30 pm, the season is probably summer because ...
The sun is low at 8:30 pm in the summer, which creates long shadows.
Why do we see different constellations in different seasons?
The Earth is revolving around the sun, so we see different parts of space while we move.
The more mass a planet or object has, the more _______ it has.
Gravity.
It is not possible to land a space probe on the surface of Jupiter because ...
Jupiter is made of gas.
The Earth is tilted on its ...
Axis.
When we made Shadow Clocks, we had to point it __________ so it could show us a __________ pointing to the _________.
North
Shadow
Time
When the northern hemisphere is tilted ________ the sun, we have the season summer.
Toward
Why do inner planets revolve around the sun more quickly than outer planets?
They are closer to the sun.
What is the Goldilocks Zone?
The area in space where the temperature is just right for liquid water to exist.