The Solar System
Solstices
The sun and the Seasons
Equinoxes
Earth's Movement
100
The number of planets in the solar system.
What is eight?
100
The approximate date for the beginning of fall equinox.
What is September 21rd?
100
Season at Location A
What is summer?
100
The seasons that are started by the equinoxes.
What are spring and fall?
100
The number of hours that Earth takes to make one day.
What is 24 hours?
200
What is the only star in our solar system?
What is the sun?
200
The name of the solstice with the longest hours of night.
What is winter solstice?
200
Season created by direct sun light.
What is summer?
200
The line of latitude the sun shines directly over for the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
200
What is the date given to the extra day in a leap year?
What is February 29th?
300
The planets in the solar system from closest to the sun to the furthest.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
300
The exact date for the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is December 21st?
300
The seasons at the equinoxes?
What are spring and fall?
300
The number of times you have equinoxes in a year.
What is two?
300
The amount of time it takes the Earth to revolve around the Sun twice.
What is 730.5?
400
Name the gas planets in the solar system.
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
400
The exact date for the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere.
What is June 21st?
400
The components for creating Earth's seasons are these.
What are Earth's tilt and direct and indirect sunlight?
400
During equinoxes, the sun shines directly over the Equator at this time.
What is noon?
400
The movement of Earth that takes one year around the sun.
What is revolution?
500
The number of years Pluto takes to revolve around the sun
What is 250?
500
The exact date for the beginning of summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
What is December 21st?
500
The special days that mark the beginning of winter and summer.
What are solstices?
500
The real, official name for the spring equinox.
What is vernal equinox?
500
When is the next leap year?
What is 2016