EARTH IN SPACE
TIME/EARTH'S ROTATION
EARTH'S STRUCTURE
100
The imaginary line between the North and the South poles that the Earth is spinning on.
What is the AXIS?
100
How many hours it takes the Earth to make a complete turn, or ROTATION.
What is 24 hours?
100
A sphere of very hot metal at the center of the Earth.
What is the CORE?
200
The path one object makes as it revolves around another.
What is an ORBIT?
200

Which direction does Earth rotate?

What is Counterclockwise?

200
This substance covers approximately 75% of the Earth's surface
What is water?
300
It takes this many days for the Earth to make a complete journey, or revolution, around the the sun.
What is 365 1/4 days?
300
Areas sharing the same time
What is a time zone?
300
The part of the Earth's surface that oceans are located on.
What is the CRUST?
400
A point at which days are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in the other.
What is a SOLSTICE?
400
The Prime Meridian runs through this town in England and is at the center of the time zones.
What is Greenwich, England?
400
The thickest layer of the Earth.
What is the Mantle?
500
A point at which, everywhere on Earth, days and nights are equal in length.
What is an EQUINOX?
500
The number of time zones on Earth.
What is 24?
500
The mechanical layer of the Earth that the tectonic plates are on.
What is the LITHOSPHERE?
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