Earth
Sun
Time Zones
This and That
Vocabulary
100
This causes the Earth's seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth?
100
The word "solar" refers to this object.
What is the "sun"?
100
The number of time zones on Earth is equal to this.
What is 24?
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
The sun is a big fiery ball of gas called this.
What is a "star"?
200
The number of degrees longitude that separates each time zone.
What is 15 degrees?
200
It takes this long for the Earth to complete one 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 rises in this direction.
What is the "east"?
300
You add an hour for each time zone when you are traveling in this direction.
What is East?
300
This object is used to study far away objects in the sky.
What is a "telescope"?
300
This term is used to describe the time of the year when the sun is farthest north or south of the equator.
What is "solstice"?
400
When it is winter in North America, it is this in Australia.
What is "summer"?
400
This occurs when the moon moves between the sun and the Earth, blocking some of the sun's light.
What is a "solar eclipse"?
400
Time "starts" in this time zone at 0 degrees longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
400
The sun appears higher in the sky during this time of year because of the tilt of the earth.
What is "summer"?
400
This term is used to describe the time of the year when the sun is shining directly over the equator.
What is equinox?
500
The imaginary line horizontally around the middle of the Earth.
What is the "equator"?
500
This is how the sun's rays strike the Earth during the summer months.
What is "directly"?
500
If it is 8:30 pm in New Jersey, it is this time in California.
What is 5:30 pm?
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 term is used to describe the part of the sun that is seen around the edge of the moon during a solar eclipse.
What is the "corona"?
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