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Patterns of Earth and Sky Review Flashcards

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1
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What pulls objects towards the Earth?

A

gravity

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2
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How dose gravity work on a football being thrown?

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gravity pulls the ball back down after it is thrown

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3
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What star is the closet to Earth?

A

the sun

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4
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What season can Orion be seen in?

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Winter

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5
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What season can Pegasus be seen in?

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Fall

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6
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What season can Leo be seen in?

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Spring

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7
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What season can Ophiuchus be seen in?

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Summer

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Why do we have day and night?

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due to the rotation of the Earth

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Why do we have years?

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due to the orbit of Earth around the sun

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10
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Do we see the same stars every night?

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No, because the Earth is in orbit

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Why can we not see the stars in the daytime?

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The sun’s light rays are bright so we cannot see the stars

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12
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What is a systematic investigation?

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When an investigation is done in a clear and orderly way. Ex: keeping the time the same, staying in the same place to track data of the stars and sun

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13
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How does the sun move across the sky?

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East to West

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14
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When the sun moves closer to straight above us what happens to our shadow?

A

it gets shorter

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15
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At noon where would the sun at and why?

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the sun is directly above us because at the Earth rotates the sun looks like it is moving across the sky east to west

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Why dose the moon and sun appear to be the same size?

A

The moon is closer to the Earth compared to the sun

17
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What dose orbit mean?

A

the year that it takes Earth to go around the sun

18
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What dose year mean?

A

the time it take to go around the sun

19
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What dose gravity mean?

A

the force that pulls objects to Earth

20
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What dose data mean?

A

observations and measurements that are recorded

21
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What is an astronomer?

A

a person that studies the stars, planets, and other items in space

22
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What is a constellation?

A

an arrangement of stars

23
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What is the solar system?

A

is made up of the sun, planets, and star

24
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What is a pattern?

A

something that happens over and over again

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