Earth's satellite. The moon orbits earth as earth orbits the sun.
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What is a shadow?
A shadow is a dark area where an object has blocked the light.
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What causes day and night?
Earth revolves around the sun.
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What direction does the sun rise?
In the East.
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What is a group of stars that have a name?
A constellation.
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When does a new moon occur?
When the moon is right inbetween the earth and sun.
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What can a shadow tell you?
The position of the sun and the time of day.
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How are the stars and the sun's movement the same?
They both appear to move across the sky because of earth's rotation.
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What direction does the sun set?
In the West.
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Which star is the closest to earth?
The sun!
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How many weeks are in a lunar cycle?
4 weeks
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What time of day would your shadow be longest?
Early morning or early evening.
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How are the stars and the sun's movement different?
We see the same sun all year long. We see different stars throughout the year because of earth's orbit around the sun so we see different areas of the stars as we move around the sun.
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Does the sun set and rise in the same directions each day?
No.
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Why do the stars appear to move across the sky?
Because earth is spinning so as we are spinning the stars stay in the same place.
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Why does the moon appear to move across the sky each night?
Because the moon revolves around the earth.
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When will your shadow be the shortest?
At 12 o'clock in the afternoon.
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Where would the best place to be to put a telescope?
High on a mountain because it is away from pollution and away from the city lights.
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Where is the sun at 12 o'clock in the afternoon?
Directly above us at its highest point in the sky.
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Why do we see different constellation at different times of the year?
Because earth orbits the sun once a year and depending on which side of earth is facing away from the sun will change depending on the time of year because of the earth's orbit around the sun.
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What is a tool that I might use to see the Moon better?
A telescope.
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Where would your shadow be if the sun was behind you?
The shadow would be in front of you.
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What is a compass and what does it tell us?
A tool that tells us the direction. North, South, East, West.