Rotation
Revolution
Seasons
Equinox
Solstice
Time Zones
100
When the Earth spins on its axis.
What is rotation?
100
The Earth's movement around the Sun.
What is revolution?
100
23.5 degrees
What is the angle of Earth's tilt?
100
This is the first day of Fall and Spring.
What is an equinox?
100
This is the first day of Summer and Winter.
What is a solstice?
100
The number of time zones on Earth.
What is 24?
200
The amount of time it takes the Earth to rotate once.
What is 24 hours?
200
The amount of time it takes for the Earth to revolve once around the Sun.
What is 365.25 days or one year?
200
year round direct sunlight
Why does the equator always have hot temperatures?
200
The Spring Equinox happens on this day.
When is March 20?
200
The longest day of the year.
What is the Summer Solstice?
200
If it is 6:00am in California, it is _______ in Texas?
What is 8:00am?
300
West to East
What is the direction Earth rotates?
300
Leap year
What is the accumulation of the extra .25 day every four years that make one extra day on February 29th?
300
We experience seasons because of the Earth's revolution and it's ...
What is tilt?
300
The Fall Equinox happens on this day.
When is September 22?
300
The shortest day of the year.
What is the Winter Solstice?
300
The coast of the United States that sees sunrise first.
What is the east coast?
400
East to West
What is the direction the sun appears to move across the sky due to Earth's rotation?
400
The number of times you have revolved around the Sun.
What is (your age)?
400
When Earth is titled toward the Sun, it is this season.
What is Summer?
400
The amount of daylight and sunlight we have during an equinox.
What is equal day and equal night?
400
The Earth's position during the Summer Solstice.
What is tilted toward the Sun?
400
The reason for time zones.
What is so people experience morning, noon, and night at the same/close to the same times.
500
The Earth spins on this imaginary line.
What is an axis?
500
The Earth orbits the sun on a path that is this shape.
What is an ellipse?
500
When it is Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is this season in the Southern Hemisphere.
What is Winter?
500
The position of the Earth during an equinox.
What is titled neither away from or toward the Sun?
500
The Earth's position during the Winter Solstice.
What is titled away from the Sun?
500
Westerly is in the _____________ time zone.
What is Pacific?