Revolution
Rotation
Vocabulary
Seasons
Misc.
100
Give the definition of revolution
What is to move around another object?.
100
Give the definition of rotate.
What is to spin around?
100
Is the moon a satellite or a planet?
What is a satellite?
100
These are the two reasons that Earth has seasons.
What tilt of the Earth and revolution around the sun?
100

The reason why outer planets take longer to orbit the Sun.

What is, they are farther away? 

200
This revolves around the sun.
What is the Earth?
200
This rotates on its axis.
What is the Earth?
200

The shape that planets orbit the sun in. 

What is elliptical? 

200

If its ____ in the Northern hemisphere, then its summer in the Southern hemisphere

What is winter? 

200

Our sun and the objects that rotate around it

What is the solar system

300
This revolves around the Earth.
What is the moon?
300
This is the amount of time it takes the Earth rotate one time.
What is one day/24 hours?
300
The Earth spins on this imaginary line down the middle, which is why the Earth is tilted.
What is its axis?
300

This season, are the days the longest, (when we have the most sunlight).

What is summer?

300

Instrument used for seeing stars and planets 

What is a telescope? 

400
When the Earth revolves around the sun, this causes what?
What is seasons?
400

This why we only see one side of the moon.

What is it rotates and revolves at the same time?

400

A natural or artificial object that revolves around another object in space. 

What is, a satellite? 

400
When this part of the Earth is pointed away from the sun, that part of the Earth has this season.
What is winter?
400
This is a pulling force between two objects. We have it here on Earth and the moon has it, but it is much less.
What is gravity?
500
This is how long it takes the Earth to revolve around the sun.
What is one year/365 1/4 days?
500
The rotation of the Earth causes this.
What is day and night?
500

An event where one astronomical body passes between two other astronomical bodies

What is an Eclipse?

500
The part of the Earth that is tilted toward the sun is having this season.
What is summer?
500

John and Tiffany live on opposite sides of the U.S. When it’s 10:00am for John, it’s 1:00pm for Tiffany. What is the primary cause of this time difference?


What is, Earth's rotation?

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