Movement
This type of motion creates our perception of the day/night cycle.
Spin
This season occurs when your hemisphere is pointed at the sun.
Summer
What line on the globe separates the globe into two hemispheres?
Equator
June 21st marks what day of the year?
Summer Solstice
The word Artic, coming from the Greek work Arktos, means what?
Bears
This type of motion creates our perspective of the calendar year cycle.
Orbit
This season occurs when your hemisphere is pointed away from the sun.
Winter
This line seperates the top portion of the globe. This is where Northern Canada and the North Pole exists.
Artic Circle
December 22nd marks what day of the year.
Winter Solstice
How many planets are in our solar system?
8 (and two dwarf planets)
Earth spins in place around this.
Axis
This season occurs after Summer. Both Earth's hemispheres are equally facing the sun. Days start to get shorter as we approach this season.
Fall
This line separates the bottom portion of the globe. This is where the South Pole exists.
Antarctic Circle
September 22nd marks what day of the year?
Fall equinox
Why does it take longer for Jupiter to orbit the sun than for the Earth to do so?
It's orbit is larger
Earth's axis is not straight up and down. It exists at what angle.
23.5o
This season occurs after Winter. Both Earth's hemispheres are equally facing the sun. Days start to get longer as we approach this season.
Spring
This line separates the Northern Hemisphere into two parts. It is 23.5 degrees above the equator.
Tropic of Cancer
March 21st marks what day of the year?
Spring Equinox
Earth's orbit is not actually a circle. What shape is it?
An ellipse (oval shape)
Another word for Orbit would be what?
Revolution
The equinox and solstice mark the beginning of our different seasons. The Summer Solstice is what in comparison to the other 364 days of the year? (think amount of sun light)
The longest day
This line separates the Southern Hemisphere into two parts. It exists 23.5 degrees below the equator.
Tropic of Capricorn
The equinox and solstice mark the beginning of our different seasons. The Winter Solstice is what in comparison to the other 364 days of the year? (think amount of sun light)
The shortest day
What force keeps the Earth, and all of the other planets, in orbit around the sun?
Gravity