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

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