Gravity
Seasons
Day and Night
Vocabulary
Misc.
100
What is the force of attraction between any two objects?
What is gravity
100
What does Earth rotate on?
What is its axis
100
What happens when Earth spins and is facing away from the Sun?
What is night time
100
What season is the Northern Hemisphere in if it is facing towards the Sun?
What is Summer
100
How fast is Earth orbiting around the Sun?
What is 19 miles per second
200
What does the strength of the pull of gravity depend on?
What is mass and distance
200
What season is it when the hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun?
What is summer
200
What is it called when Earth revolves or spins around the Sun on its axis?
What is rotation
200
If the hemispheres are getting equal amount of sunlight, what seasons are occurring?
What is fall and spring
200
What is the season when the hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun?
What is winter
300
What is the path that one objects takes around another?
What is an orbit
300
What is one complete trip that Earth takes around the Sun?
What is a revolution
300
What is it when the Earth spins towards the Sun
What is daytime
300
What season occurs when the Earth's hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun?
What is winter
300
Which one of Earths movement causes day and night?
What is its rotation
400
This makes a moving object keep moving in a straight line.
What is inertia
400
What causes the seasons?
What is Earth's tilt on its axis
400
How fast is Earth rotating on its axis?
What is 1000 mph
400
Why does half of Earth's surface stay in darkness and the other half stay in daylight?
What is because of its rotation
400
Which one of Earth's movement causes Earth to make a complete trip around the Sun?
What is revolution
500
Because of gravity and inertia the Earth travels in this nearly circular orbit.
What is an ellipse
500
Why are temperatures warmer when the Earth is pointed toward the Sun?
What is the Sun's heat hits Earth at a direct angel and is concentrated.
500
Which direction does Earth rotate?
What is from west to east
500
Why does an object stay in its orbit?
What is because of gravity and inertia
500
How would the Earth be effected if it did not tilt on its axis?
What is there would be no seasons and there would be 12 hours of day and night.
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