Earth Numbers
The Earth makes one complete rotation in ____ hours
24 hours
The moon's light comes from the ______.
Sun
A huge ball of rock that orbits the Earth.
Moon
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Which planet is Earth from the the sun? 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th...
3rd
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The Earth spins or _______ like a top as it goes around the sun.
rotates
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Why does one side of the Earth have sunlight?
It's facing the sun
The Earth completes one full orbit in ______ weeks
52
After a supernova explodes, it creates a few things, one is something with such strong gravity, that not even light can escape it
Black Hole
When is a shadow the shortest?
A. In the morning
B. At noon (lunch time)
C. In the afternoon.
Noon (lunch time)
What season is it when the leaves begin to turn orange and brown?
Fall
The star that is in the middle of the solar system that Earth revolves around.
Sun
A day is ___ minutes
1,440
A cloud-like looking collection of dust and gas that is both the remains of an exploded star and the birthplace of a new star
Nebula
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What season is it when the sun hits our part of the Earth most directly?
Summer
What causes one side of the Earth to have daytime?
Because that side of the Earth is facing toward the sun.
The tilt of the Earth is ____ degrees in relation to its orbit around the sun
23 or 23.4
The oldest light in the universe that we can detect (The CMB) is about ___ billion years old
Around 13.8 or 14
What causes shadows to change during the day
Earth's rotation
Explain why all sides of the Earth cannot have light at the same time.
Because the Earth rotates and all sides of the Earth cannot face the sun at the same time.
What causes day and night?
Earth's rotation