Rotation
axis
What is the imaginary line from the North to South poles?
Earth revolves around this
What is the Sun?
The shape of the Earth
What is a sphere?
When one side of Earth is experiencing nighttime, the other is experiencing this
What is daytime?
The four seasons.
What are Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall?
The Earth hours to make one complete rotation
What is 24?
The days to make one complete revolution around the sun.
What is 365 1/4 days?
23 degrees
What is Earth's tilt?
Rises in the East
In which direction does the sun rise?
The imaginary line circling the Earth around its middle
What is the equator?
It causes half of the Earth to be in the daylight and half in night
What is rotation?
The revolution and the tilt of the Earth
Why do we have seasons?
Leap year is every four years and has one extra day
How do we deal with the 1/4 day each year?
The part of the Earth that is lit up
What is the day?
The type of sunlight causing summer.
What is direct sun rays?
24 hours is equal to this many days
What is one day?
The path that an object follows as it revolves around the Sun
What is orbit?
It separates the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere
What is the equator?
This causes day and night.
What is rotation?
It is Winter, because the Northern Hemisphere is in Summer
What season is the Southern Hemisphere in?
Caused by rotation
What is day and night?
Oval
What is the shape of Earth's orbit or revolution?
What is the line that separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Half of the Earth is in night
How much of the Earth is in the darkness or shade?
A sunny day in the Winter is not as hot as a sunny day in the Summer
What is caused by indirect sun rays?