Earth Vocabulary 1
Day and Night
Seasons
Moon Phases
Miscellaneous
100
The Earth spins on its axis. What is an axis?
an imaginary line that goes through its center.
100
What is moving in space, the Earth or the Sun?
Earth is orbiting around the Sun
100
If it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is in the Southern Hemisphere?
winter
100
How can we see the moon?
The Sun's light reflects off of it
100
How do people learn about space?
telescopes, cameras, computers, sattelites
200
What is the Earth's path around the Sun called?
Orbit
200
What causes day and night?
When the part of the Earth is facing the Sun and other part is away from the Sun.
200
How long does it take for Earth to make one revolution around the Sun?
one year
200
True or False: We see the same side of the Moon all the time.
True
200
What phase of the moon is when the whole moon is light and a full circle?
Full moon
300
What is the spinning of the Earth called?
Rotation
300
During what season do we have the most sunlight?
summer.
300
True or False: The Earth's tilt changes as it rotates around the Sun.
False, the tilt stays the same
300
What phase of the moon is when we cannot see any of the moon because the dark, unlit side of the moon is facing the Earth?
New moon
300
Why is it colder and shorter days in winter?
Our hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun, less direct sunlight
400
What shape is the Earth's orbit?
ellipse (oval)
400
Why do the number of daylight hours change during the year?
The Earth's tilt
400
What seasonS is it for us when the Northern and Southern Hemisphere are the same distance from the Sun?
fall and spring
400
What phase of the moon is where only a sliver of the moon is showing?
crescent moon
400
True or False, The moon rotates on an axis.
True
500
How long does it take for Earth to make one rotation?
24 hrs, one day
500
Why does it look like the Sun and stars move across the sky?
Earth's rotation
500
Where on Earth can you find the "midnight sun?"
North or South Pole
500
What phase of the moon can we see half of the lighted half of the moon?
Quarter moon
500
Why is it summer in the Northern Hemisphere when it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere?
The tilt of the axis makes one hemisphere tilt away from the Sun.
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