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Race to the Moon

Race to the Moon. Review for Lessons 1 - 4. To view space from Earth’s perspective is called:. Geocentric. Stars that do not move relative to one another are called:. Fixed Stars. Who invented the first telescope for astronomical use:. Galileo. What does NASA stand for:.

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Race to the Moon

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  1. Race to the Moon Review for Lessons 1 - 4

  2. To view space from Earth’s perspective is called: • Geocentric

  3. Stars that do not move relative to one another are called: • Fixed Stars

  4. Who invented the first telescope for astronomical use: • Galileo

  5. What does NASA stand for: • National Aeronautic Space Administration

  6. Compared to the summer, shadows in the winter in the Northern Hemisphere are generally… • longer

  7. What is another name for our North Star? • Polaris

  8. The sun is ____ times wider in diameter than the Earth. • 109

  9. The term that refers to how far away the Earth is from the Sun… • Astronomical Unit (AU)

  10. What did early civilization believe was the center of the Solar System? • Earth

  11. What did the Anazasi develop? • Calendar

  12. The Earth’s orbit around the sun takes…. • 365 ¼ days = 1 year

  13. Why are there leap years? • Every 4 years we need to account for the ¼ day.

  14. There are myths associated with this grouping of stars…. • Constellations

  15. Name one constellation and give the myth associated with it.

  16. How can you find Polaris? • Find the end of the basket of Big Dipper and draw a line to the tip of the handle of the Little Dipper.

  17. How many Earth’s away is the moon? • 30

  18. How much smaller is the moon compared to the Earth? • ¼ the size of Earth

  19. How long does it take the Earth to rotate? • 24 hours, 1 day

  20. What does Equinox mean and when does it occur? • Equal amount of daylight and darkness

  21. What season would you have the least amount of daylight hours? • winter

  22. How long does it take the moon to revolve around the Earth? • 27.3 days (about 1 month)

  23. Explain why the moon appears to be the same size as the Sun. • It is 400x smaller, but 400x closer

  24. The main reasons for the seasons are: • Tilt of Earth • Amount of atmosphere with how the rays hit Earth

  25. Is the path of the sun an ecliptical or an elliptical path • Ecliptical

  26. What season does the sun appear higher in the sky? • Summer

  27. What is the “apparent” path of the sun? • Rise in the east, set in the west

  28. When the sun is at it’s highest point in the sky, we call it…. • Solar Noon

  29. When it is summer in the NH, it is ______ in the SH. • Winter

  30. What does the angle of separation of the North Star tell us? • The latitude of the location where we are

  31. Good Luck on the Test

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