Random
Vocabulary
Body movement
What season is it?
Random Seasons
100
This teacher once accidentally grew corn in their backyard.
Mrs.Oreto
100
The imaginary line that the earth is tilted on.
Axis
100
Show me night time during summer.
You should have your back to the sun while bending backwards towards the sun.
100
This season occurs when your hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun.
Summer
100
This is the main reason Earth experiences seasons.
The tilt of the earth allowing for sunlight to hit the earth at different angles.
200
This 8th grade teacher once got bit by a copper head.
Mrs. Midkiff
200
The act of a planet spinning on an axis.
Rotation
200
Show me noon on a winter day
Students should face the sun and bend backwards away from the sun.
200
what season is it in Kirkwood in this image?
Winter
200
The amount of sunlight an area receives depends on the angle of these.
Sun's rays
300
This teacher has held a baby Kangaroo.
Mrs. Bradley
300
The act of moving around another object.
Revolution
300
Show me which direction the earth rotates.
Students should spin in a counter clockwise direction.
300
What season is it when we experience equal length in night and day.
Fall and spring
300
Many people incorrectly think this causes the seasons.
Earth's distance from the Sun
400
This 8th Grade teacher has been Walter White twice for Halloween
Ms.Bradley
400
Two times a year when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky relative to the equator.
Solstice
400
show me midnight during the fall
Students should face away from the sun and bend to the side showing the earth still has a tilt.
400
What season is it when the sun is causing you to have a small shadow.
Summer the sun is higher in the sky hitting more directly causing shadows to be smaller.
400
During winter, the Sun's rays spread over a larger area because they strike Earth at this type of angle.
Indirect (low) angle
500
This teacher once wrangled a cow all by themselves.
Mrs. Midkiff
500
Twice-yearly event when the Sun is directly above the Earth's equator, making day and night approximately equal in length.
Equinox
500
Show me a 24 hour cycle during the winter.
Students should rotate counter clockwise while tilting their body away from the sun.
500
What season it it in Kirkwood when the south pole is experiencing 25 hours of daylight?
Winter in the northern hemisphere when southern is in summer.
500
A student claims that Earth is warmer in summer because it is closer to the Sun. This evidence disproves the claim.
Northern and Southern Hemispheres experience opposite seasons at the same time