Astronomy
Seasons
Winter
Wild card
About the equator
100
When the earth revolves around the sun one complete cycle.
What is a year.
100
Winter, spring, fall and summer
What are the four seasons.
100
Sledding, skiing, ice skating, snowpeople and snowdays.
What are winter activities enjoyed by people.
100
During this season there is little to no shadow at noon.
What is summer.
100
Places on the equator have about this amount of daylight all of the time.
What is 12 hours.
200
The earth rotates or spins around its axis.
What is a day.
200
This is the reasons for the seasons.
What is the tilt of the earth and how the sun hits it as it goes around the sun.
200
The first day of winter and the darkest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.
What is the winter solstice?
200
During this season even at noon the shadows are long because of the angle of the sun.
What is winter.
200
The first day of winter has _____ fewer hours halfway between the equator and the north pole compared to the first day of summer.
What is seven.
300
This place on the earth always tilts the same way in relation to the sun.
What is the North Pole.
300
The season when the path the sun takes is shorter in the northern hemisphere.
What is winter.
300
23 1/2 ˚
What is the tilt of the earth on its axis.
300
The warmest part of the day.
What is noon.
300
This is a place that has no sun the first day of winter.
What is the arctic circle.
400
Location where most of the sun's rays hit no matter the season.
What is the equator.
400
What is the time when the sun takes its longest path, and as a result there is the most daylight.
What is summer.
400
If we go high enough north away from the equator the sun's path does not go above this point at all.
What is the horizon.
400
This kind of a plant needs to be replanted every year.
What is an annual.
400
During the summer days in this hemisphere grow longer.
What is the northern.
500
The number of rotations on its axis that the earth in one rotation around the sun.
What is 365
500
What animal changes color during the winter as an adaptation?
What is the snowshoe hair.
500
This kind of tree keeps its leaves, (needles), all year.
What is a conifer, or pine tree.
500
An adaptation that mammals make during the winter to protect them from the cold environment.
What is guard hairs.
500
The day when day and night are an equal length world wide.
What is the first day of spring.
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