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Vocabulary
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100
The country where the Galileo Galilei was born.
What is Italy?
100
The imaginary line through Earth that extends from the North Pole to the South Pole and is the center of Earth’s rotation
What is an Axis?
100
The movement of one object around a center or another object.
What is a Revolution?
200
He is known as the father of modern astronomy and for making improvements to the telescope.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
200
Angled or spread out; temperatures are lower where the Sun’s rays are in this position.
What is indirect?
200
The four natural divisions of the year based on changes in temperature due to varying amounts of sunlight received (both intensity and number of daylight hours vary); caused by the tilt of Earth during its revolution
What are Seasons?
300
This word comes from the Greek *tele* meaning far and *skopein* meaning to look or see.
What is telescope?
300
The shortest unbroken line; temperatures are higher where the Sun’s rays are in this position.
What is direct?
300
The slant of Earth’s axis, which is 23.5 degrees from vertical compared to Earth’s orbital plane around the Sun; results in the North Pole always pointing toward the North Star.
What is Tilt?
400
The name of the song this meme refers to.
What is Bohemian Rapsody?
400
Half of a sphere; Earth and the celestial sphere can be divided into northern and southern or eastern and western of these.
What is a Hemisphere?
400
The name of the planet pictured below.
What is Earth?
500
This means "sun centered" and is what Galileo was defending during his Inquisition trial.
What is heliocentric or heliocentrism?
500
A curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around an object.
What in an orbit?
500
The spinning of Earth on its axis that causes day and night to occur.
What is Rotation?