Rotation
How long does it take for the Earth to spin once?
What is 24 hours?
How long does it take for the Earth to go around the Sun once?
What is 365 days?
What is the imaginary line that the Earth spins on that really matters what direction it is spinning?
What is the axis or tilt?
What is the vocabulary word for how high the Sun is in the sky?
What is altitude?
Every 4 years, we have 366 years on the calendar. Why?
We make up for the 365.25. The extra time makes another day for us.
Rotations causes a pattern of ____________ and _______________ because of how it spins. Half of the globe is bright and the other half is dim.
What is a pattern of day and night?
What season occurs from December, January, and February?
What is the season of Winter?
What season is it in the Northern Hemisphere when it is pointed towards the Sun?
What is summer?
What season has the Sun mostly high in the sky with a lot of direct light?
What is summer?
How is the Sun in the sky during the morning? High or Low? What direction too?
In the morning time, the sun is low in the sky and on the East side.
The Sun rises in the ____________ and sets in the ____________.
What is rises in the East (early) and sets in the West (way late)?
What season occurs during the month of September, October, and November?
What is Autumn or Fall?
Revolution + _______________ = Change in _____________________ Must answer both right.
What is the tilt of the Earth and what is change in the amount of sunlight?
What season has the sun low in the sky with a lot of indirect light?
What is winter?
How many degrees are we tilted? Math wise
90 degrees, 50 degrees or 23.5 degrees?
What is 23.5 degrees?
As the Earth spins, it makes the Sun look like it is moving in the sky in relation to the ground. It is moving over the ?????, this is the line between where the sky and the Earth ground seem to meet and how you can tell a sunrise or a sunset. I begin with an "H"
What is the horizon?
What season out of the 4 seasons would give the most INDIRECT light (light at an angle)?
What is winter?
What season would give you SHORT shadows if you were outside under the Sun? Why?
What is the season of Summer because the sun is directly over your head most of the time?
How is the Sun in the sky during the afternoon time between 12 and 3 pm? What type of light is the Earth receiving then? Must answer both questions to get questions points.
What is the Sun is high in the sky and the Earth is receiving direct light?
What is the equinox?
What are 3 ways you could prove to someone that we are spinning?
What is videos from space, a pendulum, the North star staying above the North pole with the other stars and constellations moving, the Sun moving in the sky, and the pattern of day and night?
How is indirect light different than direct light if I used a flashlight on a piece of paper? How would the CIRCLE look and what TEMPERATURE would it feel? Explain this for both direct and indirect light to get your points. So 2 answers for both.
What is with indirect light, the circle of light would look bigger and more spread out with the temperature of the paper being cooler compared to direct light, the circle of light would look smaller and more concentrated in one spot so the temperature of the paper would be hotter?
What are the two seasons where we receive both direct light at the equator and indirect light as you go further and further up to the poles (North and South poles)?
The ancient people back then used stone pieces in a circle to determine the time of day. (Stonehedge) They were creating their own ___________ _____________. It is what we refer to it as.
What is sun dial?
What do you call it when the amount of sunlight is more or less than 12 hours of light depending on the latitude you go north or south of the Equator? Begins with an "S"
What is solstice?