Properties of the Earth
Daylight patterns
Hodgepodge/Sun
Solar System
Seasons
100
Spinning on an axis is called this.
What is to rotate?
100
A location on Earth that always has equal amounts of daylight and darkness.
What is the equator?
100

The sun is a big, hot ball made of ____________.

What is gas?

100
The largest planet in the our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
100
In the summer the North Pole is ___________________ the sun.
What is tilted toward?
200
It takes this long for the Earth to revolve around the sun.
What is a year (365 1/4) days?
200
Daylight hours begin at __________________ and end at _________________.
What is sunrise and sunset.
200
The sun's ____________________ pulls on all planets, keeping them in their orbits.
What is gravity?
200
This is now the classification group to which Pluto belongs.
What is a dwarf planet?
200
In a given year the N. Pole experiences _______________ of daylight and ________________ of darkness.
What are 6 months and 6 months?
300

The orbit of Earth around the sun is not exactly circular but rather this shape.

What is elliptical?

300
The day on which the northern hemisphere experiences its longest daylight hours.
What is the summer solstice or roughly June 21st?
300

As the Earth rotates, what changes?

What is daylight and darkness?

300
Earth is the _____________ planet from the sun.
What is third?
300
Together, Earth's __________________ and its ______________ create differing seasons on parts of the Earth.
What are revolution and tilt?
400

What makes a sundial work? (sun clock)

The Earth's rotation. 

400

The two days of the year where every place on Earth has 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness.

What are the spring and fall equinox?

400

The sun looks brighter and bigger than other stars because... 

it is closer. 

400
This is roughly the day on which Earth is closest to the sun.
What is January 3,4,5...?
400

Shadows look _______ during summer because _______

shorter because it is closer to sun. 

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