Rolling with the Planets
The imaginary line of latitude that divides Earth into two equal hemispheres?
Equator
An imaginary line around which Earth Rotates.
What is Earth's Axis.
What is the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place?
Weather
Name for 4 seasons.
Spring, Fall, Winter, and Summer
An almost circular, repeating path around the Sun.
Earth's Orbit
What are latitude lines?
Latitude lines are imaginary lines that measure the distance between the north or south of the equator.
________ is a form of energy that can travel through space.
What is light.
How many seasons are there?
4
Earth spins on it's axis once every ____ hours.
Can light be measured to determine it's intensity or how much energy is hitting a surface light?
What is yes.
How many lines of latitude other than the equator?
A measure of how cold or hot something is?
What is temperature.
What place gets 6 months of darkness and 6 months of light?
What is Alaska.
True or False. The more north or south your travel, the larger the difference in daylight hours between the summer and winter.
What is true.
What planet has no seasons and why does it not have any seasons?
What is Mercury. What is The lack of a tile of axis on the planet.
Are there other seasons on other plants? Yes or no?
What is yes.
Light energy can given off by things such as stars, _____ _______, lasers and _____ ________.
What is light bulbs and hot objects.
What planet experience barely any temperature changes?
What is Venus.
When light travels in a straight line from the Sun to Earth and hits the surface at a 90 degree angle, it is the most intense and transfers the most energy. What is it?
What is solar radiation.
A ________ ______ studies plants including how seasons might occur on other planets.
What is a Planetary Astronomer?
How does the intensity of light change for a location depending on the season?
In the summer, light intensity is higher than in the winter.
The Earth is tiled how many degrees?
23.5
Name the other four lines of latitude besides the equator.
What is the Arctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, and Antarctic Circle.
Draw the Earth and name all four lines of latitude and place the equator on the picture.
What is let's see your drawing!!
True or False? During the month of June, the Northern Hemisphere and North Pole point toward the sun. This causes temperatures to decrease and changes in the atmosphere in the Northern Hemisphere indicates the season of winter?
What is false?