Day and Night
During night the Earth is in _____.
Shadow.
What is the tilt of Earth?
23.5 degrees
Longitude is measured in how many degrees?
180 degrees.
Earth has how many seasons?
4 seasons.
In an accurate model of the Earth's revolution the ___ has to be facing the same way all around.
Tilt.
Day and Night is caused by what?
The rotation of the Earth.
Earth's two hemispheres are the _____ and _____ hemispheres.
Latitude is measured in how many degrees?
90 degrees
Which season has the most direct sunlight?
Summer.
How long is the moons orbit around the Earth?
27.3 days. (28 or 27).
During day we are the side that is facing the ___.
Sun!
Where does the prime meridian pass on Earth.
Greenwich, England
Earth's revolution around the Sun takes how long?
365.25 days.
The correct term for fall is what?
Autumn.
Where are you in science class?
Teacher can decided if right based on answer.
Day and Night last around how many hours each?
12 hrs.
What are the Earth's subsystems?
The biosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and atmosphere.
The equator is the hottest place on Earth because it gets the most what?
Direct Sunlight.
Which season has the least direct sunlight?
Winter.
Leap year is caused by what.
The extra 0.25 in each year.
How many hours are day and night.
(Hint!): Day + Night.
24 hours.
Earth has lines crossing it called _______ and ________.
Latitude, Longitude.
Earth's North Pole always faces what?
The North Star or Polaris.
When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere what is it in the Southern hemisphere?
Winter.
FREE POINTS. Just kidding. Earths orbit is actually slightly ____.
Oval, Ovular, Oval Shaped, Distorted something along the lines.