| Term or Questions | Definition or Answer |
| Shadow | a dark shape casted by light being blocked |
| Orientation | the direction something pionts |
| Axis | the imaginary pole that the Earth sits on |
| Day | the time between sunrise ans sunset |
| Night | the time between sunset and sunrise |
| Orbit | when a planet, like the Earth, goes around the sun |
| Sunrise | the time the sun comes up |
| Sunset | the time the sun goes down |
| Revolution | an orbit |
| North star | a star that always stays above the North star |
| How does the rotation of Earth make night and day? | While the sun stays in place, the Earth moves so both sides can get the sunlight. |
| When do you have a shadow? | The whole day and not at night. |
| How does your shadow change during the day? | The shadow gets long to small and changes direction. |
| Does the sun move around the Earth or does the Earth move around the sun? | The Earth goes around the sun |
| The sun rises in the ________ and sets in the _________. | The sun rises in the East and set in the West. |
