Sun
This star is at the center of our solar system.
The sun
The earth's _______ is an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole.
axis
What causes day and night?
Earth has this amount of seasons.
4
The sun provides earth with these two things.
Light and heat
Earth takes this many hours and days to rotate once.
24 hours, 1 day
Name one thing we do during the night
sleep, eat dinner, watch t.v. ect.
Name two things that will make a shadow.
hand, dog ect.
South West Rocks is located in this half of the earth.
The southern hemisphere
The sun rises from this direction.
East
What does it mean to rotate?
The earth spinning on its axis like a top
The part of the earth that is not facing the sun has ________.
night
It is summer in Australia and therefore it is ________ in Canada.
winter
The sun sets in this direction.
West
It takes the earth 365 days to do this around the sun.
Orbit / revolve
Shadows on one side of earth mean it is this time.
Night time
Where does the moon get its light from?
The sun's light bounces off of the moon and onto the earth.
Why does the temperature drop at night?
The earth is rotated away so the sun is not shining.
The earth makes one complete orbit of the sun (365 days/1 year)
The sun is always ________ you if your shadow is in front of you.
behind
The earth's tilt of this amount of degrees allows for the seasons.
23.5 degrees