Calenders
People divide the year based on the moon's what?
What is Cycle
One revolution around the sun is called a what
What is a Year
The Earth Rotates on What?
What is the axis
What is the imaginary line that goes through the North and South Pole
Axis
The Earth has how many oceans
5
The most common calendars today are divided into years, months, and what?
What is days
It takes the Earth about how many days to complete a full revolution?
What is 365 days
Why do we need the Earth to rotate
Without it we would all die
Seasons wouldn't be a thing without the what?
Axis
The Earth has how many continents
7
What type of calendar borrowed the Egyptian calendar?
What is the Roman Calendar
What is the exact number of days and fractions it takes the Earth to do a full revolution
What is 365 1/4 days
What speed does it rotate at?
1,000 MPH
The Earth spins on it's axis every how many hours
24 hours
About what percent of water covers the Earth?
70%
What type of Calendar was based on Star Motions?
What is an Egyptian calendar
The Earth creates what when rotating.(Hint the answer is about another topic someone is presenting)
Seasons
Rotations are fastest at the what part of the Earth.(Hint it's invisble)
Equator
What is the angle of the axis, Closest answer gets the points
23.5 degrees
What is the tallest mountain and whats the altitude? (Closest answer gets the Points)
29,032 ft
What calendar had Pope Gregory Xlll drop 10 days from the year 1582
What is the Gregorian Calendar
What is the total distance from Earth to the Sun? (Hint it is in the Millions)
What is 93 million
Rotations create what effect we learned about in Class.(Hint think of Wind)
Coriolis Effect
What is the Speed of Orbit in MPH ?(Closest Answer gets the points)
67,100MPH
How old is Earth estimated to be? (Closest Answer Gets the Points)
4.5 billion years