Group Stations Wrapped Up

The northern hemisphere is experiencing which season?

• Fall because the temperature is cooling down from summer

• Summer because the northern hemisphere of the Earth is tilted towards the sun and gets more direct sunlight

• Spring because the temperature is warming up for summer

• Winter because the northern hemisphere of the Earth is tilted away from the sun and gets less direct sunlight

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The southern hemisphere is experiencing which season?

• Fall because the temperature is cooling down from summer

• Summer because the southern hemisphere of the Earth is tilted towards the sun and gets more direct sunlight

• Spring because the temperature is warming up for summer

• Winter because the southern hemisphere of the Earth is tilted away from the sun and gets less direct sunlight

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Why do we experience seasons on Earth?

• The Earth's axis is tilted so some parts of the Earth will get more sunlight than other parts of the Earth at different times

• The Earth orbits around the sun, so sometimes one hemisphere will face the sun and sometimes the other hemisphere will

• The moon orbits around the Earth. When it blocks the sun, our temperatures get colder for winter

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A solar eclipse is when the moon blocks the sun. A lunar eclipse is when the moon is behind the Earth and gets no sunlight. The picture shows us...

• A solar eclipse

• A lunar eclipse

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A solar eclipse is when the moon blocks the sun. A lunar eclipse is when the moon is behind the Earth and gets no sunlight. The picture shows us...

• A solar eclipse

• A lunar eclipse

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What causes us to see different lunar phases?

• The moon spins and eventually shows us its light side

• The moon orbits around the Earth and we eventually can see its light side

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Why is one side of the moon light and the other side dark?

• Only half of the moon creates its own light

• The sun shines on one side of the moon at all times

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Just because the moon is between the sun and the Earth doesn't mean we will always see an eclipse. Why?

• The moon will never be in front of the Earth to create an eclipse

• The moon's orbit is tilted

• The Earth's orbit is tilted

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Which movement causes the sun to move across the sky? (Hint: It's what causes our sun to rise and set and is why we have day and night).

• The moon orbiting the Earth

• The Earth orbiting the sun

• The sun orbiting around the Earth

• The Earth spinning on its axis

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Why do we see different stars across the sky? Two answers are correct!

• The earth has to orbit so that we can see different stars around the sun

• All of the stars orbit in the galaxy so we can view the different stars

• We cannot see the stars on the other side of the solar system if the sun is in the way because then it's daytime. We can only see the stars at night.

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