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What is revolution? What is it responsible for?

When the Earth orbits around the Sun. Responsible for the seasons.

What phase of the moon is this?

New Moon

What is Waning? What side of the moon is lit up?

Getting smaller. The left side is lit up.

The sun rises in the...

East

What is the lunar cycle?

When the moon goes through all of its phases once.

What is a telescope?

An instrument that makes objects appear closer and larger.

What is Rotation? What is it responsible for?

When the Earth turns on its axis. Responsible for day and night.

If the sun is setting the West, a tree's shadow will be (short/long) facing the (northeast/northwest)

Long, facing the Northeast

What is an astronomer?

A person who studies stars, planets and moons.

What are the inner planets?

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

What phase of the moon is this?

Third Quarter

What is a shadow?

A dark area behind an object that blocks the sun.

What is the solar system?

Planets, the sun, and other objects that orbit the sun.

When is the best time to see the stars?

At night during a new moon phase

What is a constellation?

A group of stars that humans have created patterns in.

What phase of the moon is this?

Waning Crescent

What is Gravity?

A force of attraction between two objects

What phase of the moon is this?

Full Moon

What phase of the moon is this?

Waxing Crescent

What phase of the moon is this?

First Quarter

The sun sets in the...

West

What are the outer planets?

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

Why are telescopes put on mountaintops or in space?

To be above pollution, to be away from city lights, to be out of the atmosphere

________________ makes the Earth orbit the Sun

Gravity

Pluto is a....

Dwarf Planet

Why are there phases of the moon?

Because the moon orbits the sun.