Moon Phases | Planets, Planets, Planets | Day, Night, and Seasons | Shadows | Constellations |
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What is 28 days or approximately one month?
This is how many days it takes the moon to go through one full cycle.
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What is Jupiter?
This is the fifth planet from the Sun.
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What is the seasons change throughout the year?
This is one clue we have that the Earth is moving.
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What is noon?
This time of day will have the shortest shadow.
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What is the Earth's movement?
The stars appear to move across the sky because _____.
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What is a waxing crescent moon?
In this phase of the moon, you can only see a little sliver on the right hand side.
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What is Neptune?
This is the eighth planet from the Sun.
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What is the tilt of Earth's axis?
This causes the seasons on Earth to change.
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What is summer?
This season will have the shortest shadow.
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What is the Earth's revolution around the Sun?
This is why we see different constellations in the night sky during different times of the year.
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What is a waning gibbous moon?
In this phase of the moon, you can see most of the moon on the left hand side.
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What is towards the east?
The Earth rotates around an imaginary line called its axis. This is the direction the Earth rotates on its axis.
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What is Earth's rotation on its axis?
This determines how long a day is.
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What is early morning and late afternoon when the Sun is lowest in the sky?
These times of day have the longest shadows.
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What is a group of stars visible in one area of the sky that forms a path?
This is the definition of a constellation.
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What is a waxing gibbous moon?
In this phase of the moon, you can see most of the moon on the right hand side.
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What is Saturn?
This is the sixth planet from the Sun.
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What is one revolution of Earth around the Sun?
This determines how long a year is.
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What is true?
True or False: Almost everything casts a shadow.
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What is false?
True or False: We see the same constellations in the sky every night.
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What is a new moon?
In this phase of the moon, you can't see any of it at all, except maybe a faint outline.
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What is Venus?
This is the second planet from the Sun.
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What is Earth rotating from west to east?
This is the reason why day turns into night on Earth.
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What is false?
True or False: When the Sun is lower in the sky, I have a shorter shadow.
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What is false?
True or False: The constellations in the night sky are moving across the sky.
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