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

It is warmer here because of more direct sun rays

What is the equator?

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 word describes the Earth spinning continuously.
What is "rotating"?
200
The shape of the Earth
What is a "sphere"?
200

This body in our universe is an average sized one of these.

What is a "star"?

200
Solar refers to the sun. This term refers to the moon.
What is "lunar"?
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 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 is this many times the size of the earth

What is 110?

300
During this phase of the moon, we can see no light from the moon.
What is a "new moon"?
300

unlike the other three inner planets earth has this

What are water and oxygen?

300
This term is used to describe the phase of the moon when we see all of the lit side.
What is "full moon"?
400
When it is winter in North America, it is this in Australia.
What is "summer"?
400

4.6 billion years

How old is the sun?

400

These are the phases of the moon

What are new, first quarter, full and last quarter?

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

Earths protective _________ blocks out most of the suns damaging rays.

What is atmosphere?

500

What is Day and night

What is the result of earths rotation

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

This is a table that indicates the height of the tide in a given harbor at different times of the day and night throughout one year.

What is a tide table?

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