Vocabulary
The Sun
The Earth
Times of the Day
Seasons
100
The star that gives Earth light and heat is
What is Sun
100
This star is the closest to Earth.
What is the sun
100
What is the Earth spinning on?
What is the axis
100
When it is day on our side of the Earth, what is it like on the other side?
What is it is night.
100
What are the four seasons we get?
What is winter, spring, summer fall.
200
The imaginary line that separates the northern part of Earth from the southern part is
What is equator
200
The sun looks small because
What is it is so far away
200
What happens when Earth spins on it's axis? What is another name for Earth spinning?
What is it rotates
200
At what time is the Sun given the most light? 6 a.m., 12 noon, 3 p.m. or 9 p.m?
What is noon
200
Why do we have seasons?
What is because Earth is tiled on the axis.
300
Earth rotates on an imaginary line called
What is axis
300
Is the sun bigger or smaller than Earth?
What is BIGGER!!
300
What would Earth be like without the sun?
What is cold and dark.
300
People on the beach cannot see the sun at 9 pm because Earth has...
What is rotated.
300
True or false: Everyone has the same seasons in the entire world.
What is false. People have different seasons depending on where they live.
400
The path that Earth takes as it moves around the Sun is its
What is orbit
400
True or False: The sun orbits around Earth.
What is False. The Earth Orbits around the Sun.
400
How long does it take Earth to rotate once?
What is 24 hours.
400
Do we get more light at 6 a.m. or 3 p.m.?
What is 3 p.m.
400
When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, what is the season in the Southern Hemisphere?
What is Winter
500
It takes 24 hours for Earth to spin around or
What is rotate
500
When it is night time? Where is the sun shining?
What is on the other half of the world.
500
How long does it take Earth to orbit the sun?
What is 365 days
500
The sun seems to move in the sky because Earth is
What is rotating
500
Why do places near the equator have the same weather most of the year?
What is the sun shines down on the middle of the Earth. Earth rotates on the axis, but the sun stays shining in the same place.
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