Earth Basics
Seasons
Angles of Sunlight
Earth's Movement
Earth's Tilt
100
Imaginary line running through Earth's center
What is axis of rotation?
100
Patterns of temperature changes and other weather trends over the course of a year
What are seasons?
100
Sunlight hits Earth at a right angle at this time of day
What is noon?
100
Distance moon is from Earth
What is 380,000 km or 240,000 miles?
100
This causes Earth to orbit the sun
What is gravity?
200
Motion of one space object around another
What is revolution?
200
Two days of the year when sunlight is equal in both northern and southern hemisphere
What are the equinoxes?
200
Angle of sunlight is at a slant at the start and close of day which causes shadows to be this
What are long?
200
Time it takes the Moon to rotate and to revolve around Earth
What is 27.3 days, 28 days, or one month?
200
The September Equinox starts this season in the Northern Hemisphere
What is autumn or fall?
300
Names given to the ends of Earth's axis of rotation
What is North Pole and South Pole?
300
The combination of Earth's motion around the Sun and the tilt of Earth's axis causes important changes in this
What is temperature?
300
Shadows are longest in this season
What is winter?
300
The time it take for Earth to revolve once around the sun
What is 365 1/4 days?
300
The September Equinox starts this season in the Southern Hemisphere
What is spring?
400
Direction Earth rotates
What is from west to east?
400
Two days of the year when sunlight is at its maximum in one hemisphere and at its minimum in the opposite hemisphere
What are the solstices?
400
Angles of sunlight have the most extreme changes at these two locations
What is the North Pole and the South Pole?
400
The time it takes for Earth to rotate once on its axis
What is 24 hours?
400
These two places on Earth experience the greatest change in seasons
What are the North Pole & South Pole?
500
Earth rotates at this angle
What is 23 degrees?
500
Changes in the amount of sunlight hitting Earth is due to the tilt of this
What is Earth's axis?
500
Sunlight is most concentrated at this time of day and shadows are at their shortest length
What is noontime?
500
Day and night are caused by this movement
What is the rotation of Earth on its axis?
500
There is little temperature change at this location on Earth
What is the equator?
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