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What is Gravity?
A force of attraction between two objects
What is Rotation? What is it responsible for?
When the Earth turns on its axis. Responsible for day and night.
What is a shadow?
A dark area behind an object that blocks the sun.
What is a telescope?
An instrument that makes objects appear closer and larger.
What is Waning? What side of the moon is lit up?
Getting smaller. The left side is lit up.
What is the solar system?
Planets, the sun, and other objects that orbit the sun.
What is the lunar cycle?
When the moon goes through all of its phases once.
What is an astronomer?
A person who studies stars, planets and moons.
What are the inner planets?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
What are the outer planets?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
________________ makes the Earth orbit the Sun
Gravity
Pluto is a....
Dwarf Planet
The sun rises in the...
East
The sun sets in the...
West
What is a constellation?
A group of stars that humans have created patterns in.
When is the best time to see the stars?
At night during a new moon phase
