Rotation and Revolution
This is when the Earth spins around in a circle and takes 24 hours.
What is rotation?
This is how long it takes for the moon to go around the Earth.
What is 29 days?
This is why it looks like the stars appear to move across the sky throughout the night.
This season has the lowest temperatures and the shortest amount of daylight.
What is winter?
What is 29 days?
This takes 365 1/4 days to complete and is a path around the sun.
What is revolution?
In a 24-hour period, Earth rotates on its axis this many times.
What is 1?
These two seasons begin with a photoperiod of 12 hours.
What is Autumn and Spring?
This is the part of the day with sunlight.
What is the photoperiod?
What is the Axis?
These dark spots on the surface have no water even though the name would suggest they do.
What are seas?
You should look in this directions to see the sun rise.
What is East?
When it is summer in the northern hemisphere, it is this season in the southern hemisphere.
What is winter?
What is the core?
This is used to make up for the extra 1/4 day that it takes for our planet to rotate the sun. It is added to our calendar every 4 years.
What is leap day/leap year?
What is high and low tide?
This is where the sun is when it is dark.
What is shining on the other side of the Earth.
This is the day that marks the beginning of summer or winter and is the longest and shortest day of the year.
What is a solstice?
This season begins with the shortest photoperiod.
What is winter?
Because the Earth rotates on is Axis it looks like this is moving across the sky during the day.
What is the Sun?
This is how long it takes for the Moon's phases to change from a NEW moon to a FULL moon.
What is two weeks?
At this time of the year day and night are the same length.
What is the equinox? First day of Autumn or spring.
This is Ms. Becky's favorite season.
What is fall or Autumn?
This is what powers the sun.
What is a nuclear reaction?