Seasons
Earth
Moon
Sun
Vocabulary
100
This season begins on December 21st.
What is winter.
100
How long does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?
What is one year.
100
The moon is what size compared to Earth - smaller, larger, or the same.
What is, the Moon is smaller than Earth.
100
This is the direction that the sun rises in.
What is the East.
100
This word is defined as, the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, esp. a periodic elliptical revolution.
What is an orbit.
200
This season begins on June 21st.
What is Summer.
200
When on Earth, what cardinal direction does the sun rise from? Set from?
What is the Sun rises in the East and sets in the West.
200
True or False: Do we always see the same side of the moon from Earth?
What is, YES!
200
This is the direction on Earth that the Sun sets to.
What is the West.
200
This word can describe how the Earth moves around the Sun.
What is revolve, the Earth revolves around the Sun.
300
The first day of Autumn, is also called this.
What is Autumnal Equinox.
300
The Earth rotates on its axis every 24 hours. This produces...
What is Day and Night.
300
True or False: The moon has phases that change on a monthly basis?
What is false. The moon actually changes almost daily, but it does not complete the cycle of all the phases, but once every 28 days or a month.
300
The Sun is considered to be a (pick one) planet, nebula, or star.
What is a star.
300
The Earth rotates on this, which is an imaginary line drawn through the North Pole and the South Pole. It causes the change of seasons.
What is, the Axis.
400
The first day of Spring, is also called this.
What is Vernal Equinox.
400
The time it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun is a...
What is one year.
400
True or False: The Moon itself changes shape.
What is False. The moon doesn't actually change shape; it just looks that way from where we are and how it is reflecting light from the sun.
400
True or False: The Earth is larger than the Sun.
What is false. The sun is actually larger than the Earth.
400
This action from the Sun, causes the Moon to appear as if it lit up at night.
What is the Sun's reflection.
500
The seasons on Earth are caused by the...
What is, the seasons on Earth are caused by the tilt of the Earth's axis.
500
True or False: The Earth has the same seasons, no matter what part of earth you are on. So, that means that in North America and Australia, the winter runs from December to March.
What is False. The seasons vary depending on location on Earth and where the tilt is facing towards the sun.
500
This is the reason that when humans go to the Moon, they have to wear a space suit.
What is there is no gravity and there is no oxygen for them to breathe.
500
The planet that is three planets away from the Sun, is...
What is Earth.
500
This is the movement of the Earth that causes day and night.
What is, the Earth's Rotation.
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