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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: • National Aeronautic Space Administration Compared to the summer, shadows in the winter in the Northern Hemisphere are generally… • longer What is another name for our North Star? • Polaris The sun is ____ times wider in diameter than the Earth. • 109 The term that refers to how far away the Earth is from the Sun… • Astronomical Unit (AU) What did early civilization believe was the center of the Solar System? • Earth What did the Anazasi develop? • Calendar The Earth’s orbit around the sun takes…. • 365 ¼ days = 1 year Why are there leap years? • Every 4 years we need to account for the ¼ day. There are myths associated with this grouping of stars…. • Constellations Name one constellation and give the myth associated with it. 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. How many Earth’s away is the moon? • 30 How much smaller is the moon compared to the Earth? • ¼ the size of Earth How long does it take the Earth to rotate? • 24 hours, 1 day What does Equinox mean and when does it occur? • Equal amount of daylight and darkness What season would you have the least amount of daylight hours? • winter How long does it take the moon to revolve around the Earth? • 27.3 days (about 1 month) Explain why the moon appears to be the same size as the Sun. • It is 400x smaller, but 400x closer The main reasons for the seasons are: • Tilt of Earth • Amount of atmosphere with how the rays hit Earth Is the path of the sun an ecliptical or an elliptical path • Ecliptical What season does the sun appear higher in the sky? • Summer What is the “apparent” path of the sun? • Rise in the east, set in the west When the sun is at it’s highest point in the sky, we call it…. • Solar Noon When it is summer in the NH, it is ______ in the SH. • Winter What does the angle of separation of the North Star tell us? • The latitude of the location where we are Good Luck on the Test