This device, a metal orb hanging from a long wire, swings back and forth, and appears to rotate, as the Earth Rotates throughout the day
What is The Foucault Pendulum
100
Why do we have time zones
What is Because the sun rises at different times of the day around the globe
100
What does a planet rotate on
What is it's axis
100
What do planets revolve around
What is their sun?
100
What is a galaxy
What is a collection of billions of stars
200
This observation, that winds blow in a counter clockwise direction in the northern hemisphere, and a clockwise direction in the southern hemisphere is called
What is the Coriolis effect
200
How many degrees per hour does the earth rotate?
What is 15
200
What is an axis?
What is the imaginary line that our planet spins on
200
What causes revolution
What is the balance between gravity and inertia
200
How do Galaxies move?
What is they rotate
300
One piece of evidence for Revolution is when you look up at the night's sky, and see the changing positions of the?
What is the constellations
300
If it is 3:00 pm in New York, what time is it in California?
What is 12 noon
300
What does a tilted axis cause
What are seasons
300
When the North pole is pointed towards the sun, what season is it in the Northern Hemisphere?
What is Summer
300
How do the stars that make up a galaxy move?
What is they revolve
400
This piece of evidence for revolution is that as the year goes by, we experience different temperature and weather associated with
What are seasons
400
If a time lapsed photo shows stars with a 60 degree arc, how long did it take to photograph the picture
What is 4 hours
400
What causes the wobble in rotation
What is the different weight of the planet
400
When the north pole is pointed away from the sun, what season is it in the southern hemisphere
What is summer
400
A Spiral Galaxy is what other shape when viewed from a different angle?
What is a flattened disk shape
500
This piece of evidence came in the mid twentieth century, as technology advanced to a point where we could leave the earth
What is Satellite based recording
500
What star does not change in the night's sky, as the earth rotates, because it is directly above the North Pole