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The Sun
Sky Observations
Seasons
Day/Night
First Nations Views
100
The elements that make up the sun
What is Helium and Hydrogen
100
A primitive piece of technology used to observe the sky
What is the telescope?
100
The Earth is the closet to the Sun during this season
What is winter?
100
Only this amount of the Earth experiences light at one time
What is half?
100
Why was it important for First Nations people to know when the seasons were changing
What is to plant crops, or havest crops.
200
The total mass of the sun in our solar system in percentage.
What is 99%
200
Patterns of stars are called this
What is constellations?
200
Seasons change due to this movement of the Earth around the sun
What is orbit?
200
The longest and shortest days of the years are called this.
What is solstices?
200
Woodland Cree and Dene people have this many seasons in their year.
What is six?
300
This world also means sun
What is solar?
300
The name of the massive telescope that orbits the Earth
What is the Hubble Space Telescope
300
During this season, we experience the longest day of the year
What is summer?
300
The Earth does not experience equal amounts of day and night becasue the axis of Earth is this.
What is tilted?
300
First Nations people used to follow this type of calendar, instead of what we follow today.
What is the lunar calendar?
400
This civilization believe the sun was a God.
What is ancient Greeks?
400
This person was the first person to point the telescope into the sky and record his observations
Who is Galileo?
400
During this season, we experience the shortest day of the year.
What is winter?
400
These places can experience long periods of darkness or light.
What are the poles?
500
The planets orbit the Sun due to this massive force
What is gravity?
500
Before Galileo's discovery, this was believed to be the center of the solar system
What is Earth?
500
When this is pointing directly towards the sun, it is summer, and when it is pointing directly away from the sun it is winter.
What is the Earth's axis?
500
This movement of the Earth causes days to change to night.
What is rotation?
500
These are the extra seasons that the Dene and Woodland Cree people have in their year.
What is Freeze up and Break up?