Earth Facts
This force causes Earth to have the shape it has.
What is gravity?
This motion causes day and night on Earth.
What is rotation?
When our earth is revolving what is it doing and how long does it take?
What is Earth orbiting around the sun in 365 1/4 days?
When the sun is directly above Earth's equator, the day and night hours are this.
What is equal?
1st: When no moon is seen, we say it is this phase.
2nd: When the entire moon is illuminated it is this
phase.
1st: What is a new moon?
2nd: What is a full moon?
This is the shape of our earth.
What is a sphere or a ball?
Rotation is this: (describe the motion)
What is the spinning of the earth on its axis?
A revolution causes these.
What are seasons?
Equal night and day hours are called this.
What is equinox?
1st: When the moon is half lit on the right side, it is this phase.
2nd: When the moon is half lit on the left side, it is
this phase.
1st: What is the first quarter?
2nd: What is the third quarter?
The earth has this imaginary line drawn from the north geographic pole through Earth to the south geographic pole.
What is the axis?
This is the amount of time it takes for rotation to occur.
What is 23 hrs and 56 minutes. OR ABOUT 24 hours?
This detail is actually what causes a change in seasons for our northern and southern hemispheres.
What is the tilt of the earth on its axis?
The northern hemisphere's spring equinox is at this time of year.
What is March 20 or 21?
These are the phases that are shaped like a banana AND
1.) This phase is lit on the right side.
2.) This phase is lit on the left side.
1st: What is waxing crescent?
2nd: What is waning crescent?
This is the degree of tilt that the earth's axis has.
What is a 23.5 degree tilt?
During rotation the earth moves in this direction.
What is counter clockwise or from east to west?
This solstice happens when a hemisphere is tilted TOWARD the sun.
What is summer solstice?
When the southern hemisphere experiences spring equinox, our northern hemisphee experiences this equinox during this month.
What is fall equinox in September?
This is the phase when the moon is OVER 1/2 full on the left side.
What is waning gibbous?
The earth bulges slightly here since it is somewhat flattened at the poles.
What is the equator?
While the earth rotates it is also doing this.
What is revolving?
When a hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, that hemisphere experiences this solstice.
What is winter solstice?
Peturnia traveled from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere during the month of July. What would the season be in the southern hemisphere?
What is winter? (winter solstice)
This phase is when the moon is over half illuminated on the right side.
What is gibbous waxing?