Moon Phases Planets, Planets, Planets Day, Night, and Seasons Shadows Constellations
100
What is 28 days or approximately one month?
This is how many days it takes the moon to go through one full cycle.
100
What is Jupiter?
This is the fifth planet from the Sun.
100
What is the seasons change throughout the year?
This is one clue we have that the Earth is moving.
100
What is noon?
This time of day will have the shortest shadow.
100
What is the Earth's movement?
The stars appear to move across the sky because _____.
200
What is a waxing crescent moon?
In this phase of the moon, you can only see a little sliver on the right hand side.
200
What is Neptune?
This is the eighth planet from the Sun.
200
What is the tilt of Earth's axis?
This causes the seasons on Earth to change.
200
What is summer?
This season will have the shortest shadow.
200
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.
300
What is a waning gibbous moon?
In this phase of the moon, you can see most of the moon on the left hand side.
300
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.
300
What is Earth's rotation on its axis?
This determines how long a day is.
300
What is early morning and late afternoon when the Sun is lowest in the sky?
These times of day have the longest shadows.
300
What is a group of stars visible in one area of the sky that forms a path?
This is the definition of a constellation.
400
What is a waxing gibbous moon?
In this phase of the moon, you can see most of the moon on the right hand side.
400
What is Saturn?
This is the sixth planet from the Sun.
400
What is one revolution of Earth around the Sun?
This determines how long a year is.
400
What is true?
True or False: Almost everything casts a shadow.
400
What is false?
True or False: We see the same constellations in the sky every night.
500
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.
500
What is Venus?
This is the second planet from the Sun.
500
What is Earth rotating from west to east?
This is the reason why day turns into night on Earth.
500
What is false?
True or False: When the Sun is lower in the sky, I have a shorter shadow.
500
What is false?
True or False: The constellations in the night sky are moving across the sky.






Unit 4: Earth's Place in the Universe

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