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s&s Prologue
The Sky Above
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Luminaries | Celestial bodies created to shine light upon the Earth |
| The Sun | Gives us light during the day and keeps us warm |
| The Moon | Gives us light during the night |
| Constellations | Patterns that the stars make up. Various patterns visible during various seasons |
| Plantes | Earth, Venus, Mars, etc. |
| Day | Our basic unit of telling time |
| Month | Used to measure longer periods of time |
| Seasons | When the Earth grows warmer (summer) or colder (winter) |
| Year | How long it takes for planets to make a circle around the sun. 365 days for Earth |
| Calendar | The measurement of the passing of time based on the moon |
| Almanack | Resource that includes tables of the Sun's rising and setting for each day of the year, as well as the moon's position |
| Skycraft | Art of finding the time during the day and also at night |