Earth
The place where you live - it is ABOVE the equator
What is northern hemisphere?
This is the season Johnson Creek is off of school for two months and it is warmest
What is the summer?
This term is defined as: a force where all objects are attracted to each other (it's what keeps our atmosphere in place, us too!)
What is gravity?
This is how long a revolution on Earth is
What is 365 days or 1 year?
All the water on the planet (solid, liquid or gas) is called the
What is hydrosphere?
This is what occurs AFTER summer, BEFORE winter
What is the fall?
The number of planets in our solar system. NO Pluto!
What is 8?
This is what causes tides.
What is the gravitational forces between the sun, moon, and Earth cause tides; where the moon has a greater effect than the sun because it is closer?
This is the layer of gases surrounding and protecting our planet
What is the atmosphere?
This is the season the sun's rays are the least direct.
What is in the winter?
This is the name of our galaxy
What is the Milky Way Galaxy?
We have the highest tides when these 3 things are in line.
What is the sun, moon, and the Earth?
This is what we call the rocks and minerals of Earth-the crust, mantle and core
What is geosphere?
The Earth has seasons primarily because of this reason.
What is the tilt of the axis?
These are the VERTICAL map lines running north and south around the Earth.
What is LONGITUDE?
This is how long TWO rotations of Earth take
What is 48 hours or two days?
Earth is which numbered planet from the Sun?
What is 3rd planet from the Sun?
This is the term for the half of the globe BELOW the equator (like where Australia and Antarctica are located).
What is the Southern Hemisphere?
The fancy term for EQUAL amounts of day and night
what is EQUINOX?
This is one of the two planets that does not have a moon.
What is Mercury or Venus?
This is how long it takes the moon to orbit the Earth
What is 27 days to 1 month