Rotation
Revolution
Out of This World!
Planets
Other
100
How long does one rotation of Earth take?
24 hours/1 day
100
How long does one revolution around the sun take?
365 1/4 day, 1 year, 12 months, 52 weeks.
100
What is a star and all the objects that revolve around it called?
Solar System
100
Only planet known to support life
Earth
100
What splits up the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Equator
200
Rotation causes...
Day and night
200
What is the PATH the Earth takes around the sun called?
Orbit
200
What is our galaxy called?
Milky Way
200
Planet with red soil
Mars
200
If the Northern Hemisphere is tilted TOWARDS the sun, what season is it?
Summer
300
Earth rotates on this...
Axis
300
To move in a closed path around another object is...
Revolve/revolution
300
What separates the inner and outer planets?
Asteroid Belt
300
Planet with a large storm known as the Great Red Spot
Jupiter
300
When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, what season is it?
Winter
400
What is special about Earth's axis?
It is tilted.
400
What does the blue line with arrows represent?
Earth's path around the sun (orbit).
400
How many stars are in the universe?
Billions/more than grains of sand on Earth
400
What are the first two planets from the sun?
Mercury and Venus
400
Why does the equator stay warm all year round?
Because it receives the most direct sunlight through the entire year.
500
What would be a real world example of rotation?
Spinning of top, spinning around in place, etc.
500
What is the shape of Earth's orbit?
Elliptical
500
How are objects held in place around our star (sun)?
Gravitational pull/force
500
The two farthest planets from the sun
Uranus and Neptune
500
What two things help cause seasons?
Tilt of Earth's axis and our revolution around the sun.