| A | B |
|---|
| Reason we can't feel Earth's movement | Earth moves steadily & smoothly. |
| Reason for the change of seasons on Earth. | The tilt of the Earth |
| Reason that Earth keeps revolving around the sun. | The force of gravity. |
| Reason why day turns into night on Earth | Earth rotates from west to east. |
| The spinning of Earth around its axis | rotation |
| The phase of the moon that appears to be half | last quarter |
| A clue that Earth is moving | The seasons change during the year. |
| Occurs when the Moon passes through Earth's shadow | A lunar eclipse |
| Occurs when th moon passes between the Sun and the Earth | A solar eclipse |
| The best description of the Sun | A medium sized star nearest Earth |
| A pattern of stars | A constellation |
| As the Moon orbits the Earth, | Earth always faces the same side of the moon. |
| Shadows are longest | In the morning and evening when the sun is low in the sky |
| Shadows are shortest | Close to noon when the Sun is overhead. |
| As different parts of the Moon's surface are struck by sunlight, | different phases of the moon can be seen. |
| The Moon does not shine of its own power, | sunlight reflects off of the Moon's surface. |
| When the Northern Hemisphere tilts toward the sun, | it is summertime in the Northern Hemishere. |
| When the Southern Hemisphere tilts away from the Sun, | it is wintertime in the Southern Hemishere. |
| Less daylight causes | lower temperatures. |
| When daylight lasts longer, | temperatures are higher. |
| axis | imaginary line through the center of Earth around which Earth spins. |
| revolution | complete orbit around the Sun |
| orbit | circles around |
| ellipse | the orbits of planets in an oval figure |
