Orbits/Orbital Motion
What force is keeping earth in orbit?
gravity
what causes the extent of seasonal changes
How far away that place is from the equator
the tilt of earths axis effects what
day length
one day per year the sun appears at its what
Highest
What is it called when both the poles are tilted away from the sun
Equinoxes
How many planets orbit the sun
8 -Eight
Sunlight hits earths surface very what?
Directedly
if the hemisphere is tilted towards the sun it has ____ hours
less
what is a solaces.
How long is a Equinox
12 hours
Who found out about the moon orbiting the earth
Isaac Newton
Earths axis is tilted at a wrong angle?
o
23.5
Earths poles have the most drastic changes in what
Day length
solstices appear at opposite time of year to
equinox
What happens at to opposite time of a Equinox
Solstice
What force keeps the planets orbiting
Gravity
Is June tilted away from or toward he sun
towards
if the sun is tiltes away from earth then ___
more hours
When doe the summer solstice happen
June 21
what does Equinox mean
equal night
What makes gravity work in space
The force of two planets
is December tilted away from the sun or toward it
Away
During June in Sweden the sun never fully what?
sets
When does the winter solstice happen
December 22
it is the only day in which day and night are equal
equniox