Earth
Sun
Moon
This and That
Vocabulary
100
This causes the Earth's seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth?
100

True or False...The Earth moves around the sun.

What is true.

100
It takes this long for the moon to revolve completely around the Earth.
What is 29 days or about a month?
100
This keeps the Earth and moon in their orbits.
What is "gravity"?
100

This term describes the Earth spinning continuously around its axis.

What is ROTATION.

200
The shape of the Earth
What is a "sphere"?
200

We see the sun so big and bright because it is the closest ___________ to Earth.

What is a "star"?

200

What shape is the Moon?

What is spherical (round).

200
It takes this long for the Earth to complete on full rotation.
What is 24 hours?
200

This imaginary line goes from the North Pole to the South Pole through the center of the Earth.

What is the AXIS.

300
The Earth takes this long to revolve around the sun.
What is 365 1/4 days?
300
The sun rises in this direction.
What is the "east"?
300

Scientists have determined that the craters on the moon were caused by...

What is meteoroids

300
This object is used to study far away objects in the sky.
What is a "telescope"?
300

These terms are used to describe the farthest north and south points where the sun doesn't shine at all on one day each year.

What is Arctic and Antarctic Circles

400
When it is winter in North America, it is this in Australia.
What is "summer"?
400

Because of Earth’s tilt, the _______ never beats straight down on places in the far north and south.

What is the sun?

400

What does the moon orbit? A. Sun B. Earth C. Jupiter D. Solar System

What is a Earth

400
The sun appears higher in the sky during this time of year because of the tilt of the earth.
What is "summer"?
400

The term used to describe one complete trip by the Earth around the sun.

What is a REVOLUTION.

500

As Earth spins, it is __________ on the side facing the sun, and on the side facing away from the sun, it is _________.

What is daytime....night.

500
This is how the sun's rays strike the Earth in the summer.
What is "directly"?
500
The moon affects this part of the Earth, changing it daily on our beaches.
What is the "ocean tide"?
500
We have this special day every 4 years in February because it takes the Earth 365 and 1/4 days to revolve around the sun.
What is "Leap Year Day"?
500

What is the term used to describe an area between the equator and the Tropic of Cancer and between the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn, where the climate is generally hot 

What are the TROPICAL ZONES.

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