Solar System
This planet is known for its beautiful rings.
What is Saturn?
Complete the sentence:
Earth spins on it's _____.
What is axis?
True or False
The sun moves across the sky
What is
False
the point between night (darkness) and day (daylight). The time at which day first happens.
What is sunrise?
This causes the seasons to change
What is Earth's tilt?
This former planet was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006.
What is Pluto?
This is what you called the spinning of the Earth around its axis.
What is rotation?
What time in the day would your shadow be the shortest?
What is
noon or middle of the day
The direction that a shadow is pointing when the sun rises.
What is west?
This angle of the Earth's axis is responsible for the changing seasons.
What is 23.5 degree?
What is the closest star to Earth?
What is
The sun
A rotation of the Earth takes ____.
What is 24 hours?
How long does it take for the Earth to spin, or rotate all the way around?
What is
24 hours or one day
The direction in which the sun appears to rise in the sky
What is east?
The season in the Northern Hemisphere when it's tilted toward the Sun.
What is Summer?
The largest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons, is located on this planet.
What is Mars?
The direction the Earth rotate when viewed from space.
What is West to East?
How can you tell when the part of Earth on which you live is facing away from the sun?
What is
When it is nighttime I know the part of Earth on which I live is facing away from the sun
The length of a shadow at noon
What is short?
During these transitional seasons, neither hemisphere leans strongly toward or away from the Sun.
What are spring and autumn/fall?
This is the hottest planet in the Solar System, even though it’s not the closest to the Sun.
What is Venus?
The movement of one object around another is a...
What is revolution?
What causes day and night?
What is
Earth's rotation causes day and night
Does everyone experience dusk and dawn at the same time?
What is no?
Only the sides of Earth moving into or out of day.
When it’s summer in the Northern Hemisphere, this hemisphere experiences winter.
What is the Southern Hemisphere?