Seasons
Motion
Vocabulary
Astronomy
Misc.
100
When it is winter in ther N. Hemi., what is it in the S. Hemi.?
What is summer
100
spinning of earth on its axis
What is rotation?
100
this translates to mean sun
What is sol
100
means equal day and night
What is equinox?
100
receives the most amount of direct sunlight
What is the equator?
200
what is the name of the shortest day of the year?
What is winter solstice?
200
Movement of one object around another
What is revolution?
200
force that exists between two objects
What is gravity?
200
helps to organize time
What is a calendar?
200
Hemisphere that is tilted toward the sun during the equinoxes
What is neither?
300
Season in the N. Hemi when the sun is in the highest point in the sky
What is summer?
300
Path that an object takes around another
What is an orbit?
300
translates to mean new
What is vernal?
300
occurs every four years
What is Leap year
300
Day when ther is the most direct sunlight in the N. Hemi
What is 6/21
400
It is summer here when it is winter in the in the S. Hemis
What is N. Hemis.?
400
tendency of an object to keep moving when a car slams on its brakes and helps keep planets in orbit
What is inertia
400
This star appeared every year to the ancient egypt of the pending flood of the Nile river
What is Sirius?
400
This equinox appears on 9/21 in the North and 3/31 in the S. Hemi's.?
What is Autumnal
400
Dates of all four seasons?
What is 12/21, 3/21, 6/21 & 9/21
500
This causes the seasons.
What is the tilt of the earth on its axis?
500
the amount of time it takes the earth to orbit the sun mid-way through a leap year cycle?
What is 365 1/2 days ?
500
Two days of the year when the sun is farthest away from the earth
What are the solstices?
500
The shortest day in the S. Hemis.?
What is 6/21?
500
Causes day and night
What is rotation?
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