Earth & the Sun
The nearest star to the Earth is
What is the Sun?
The Earth is always ......
What is tilted?
The path an object follows as it moves around another object is an ....
What is an orbit?
This season occurs in September.
What is the autumnal equinox?
When is the Earth farthest from the Sun?
What is July 4?
The Sun's diameter is more than ______ times greater than Earth's.
What is 100?
The Earth is tilted ______ degrees.
What is 23.5 degrees?
The motion of one object around another object is called ......
What is revolution?
This season occurs in March.
What is the vernal equinox?
When is the Earth closest to the Sun?
What is January 3?
The Sun is a giant ball of hot ______ that emits light and energy.
What is gasses?
The line on which an object rotates is the
What is axis?
It takes 365 1/4 days for the Earth to complete one
What is revolution?
Time of the year when both hemispheres experience the same amount of sunlight
What is equinox?
The imaginary line that separates the Nothern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the equator?
A small part of the Sun's energy reaches Earth as ....
What is light and thermal energy?
The spin of an object around its axis.
What is rotation?
This keeps the Earth orbiting around the Sun
What is gravitational pull?
Occurs when Earth's tilt is toward the Sun
What is the summer solstice?
It takes 24 hours for the Earth to do this
What is rotate?
Deep inside the Sun, nuclei of atoms combine, releasing huge amounts of energy. This process is called.....
What is nuclear fusion?
Rotation is the reason we have...
What is day and night?
Earth's revolution is the reason we have...
What are seasons?
The season when Earth's tilt is away from the Sun
What is the winter solstice?
What is the direction that the Earth spins and revolves around the Sun?
What is counterclockwise?