Days & Nights + Vocabulary
Seasons
100
What is an axis?
An imaginary line that the Earth rotates on.
100
What are sun rays?
Sun rays are the beams of light that travel through space towards the Earth to keep it warm enough for habitation.
200
What is a Revolution?
When the Earth orbits all the way around the Sun once.
200
What is the tilt?
The tilt is a 23.5 degree slant of the Earth on its axis.
300
What is rotation?
When the Earth spins on an imaginary axis
300
How many planets are there in the solar system? (random question)
There are eight.
400
What makes nights happen?
When the Earth is not facing the Sun when it is rotating.
400
What makes winter happen?
When the tilt causes your hemisphere to receive Sun's rays indirectly.
500
What makes days happen?
When the Earth is facing the Sun while rotating.
500
What makes summer happen?
When hemisphere you are in is tilted towards the Sun so the rays hit directly.
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