Earth
This causes the Earth's seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth?
The word "solar" refers to this object.
What is the "sun"?
It takes this long for the moon to revolve completely around the Earth.
What is 29 days or about a month?
This subsystem of Earth includes all living things.
What is "biosphere"?
This word describes the Earth spinning continuously.
What is "rotating"?
The subsystem of the earth that includes water in oceans, lakes, rivers, underground, and in the air.
What is the "hydrosphere"?
The sun is a big fiery ball of gas called this.
What is a "star"?
Solar refers to the sun. This term refers to the moon.
What is "lunar"?
It takes this long for the Earth to complete on full rotation.
What is 24 hours?
This imaginary line goes from the North Pole to the South Pole of the Earth.
What is the "axis"?
The Earth takes this long to revolve around the sun.
What is 365 1/4 days (one year)?
The sun rises in this direction.
What is the "east"?
During this phase of the moon, we can see no light from the moon.
What is a "new moon"?
To move around an object.
What is a "revolve"?
This term is used to describe the subsystem of Earth that includes Earth's crust.
What is "geosphere"?
When it is winter in Gautier, it is this in the Southern Hemisphere.
What is "summer"?
The sun appears so large in the sky compared to other stars because of this.
What is because it is closer?
The moon has light because of this.
What is the sun's light reflects on the moon?
Days are longer during this time of year because of the tilt of the earth.
What is "summer"?
As the moon appears brighter (more lit) each night, we say that it is doing this.
What is "waxing"?
The imaginary line horizontally around the middle of the Earth.
What is the "equator"?
This is how the sun's rays strike the Earth in the summer.
What is "directly"?
The moon appears brightest at this phase.
What is the "full moon"?
We have this special day every 4 years in February because it takes the Earth 365 and 1/4 days to revolve around the sun.
What is "Leap Year Day"?
The angle of the tilt of the earth.
What is 23.5 degrees?