Vocabulary
Rotation
Revolution
Seasons
Eclipses
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A period of the year that is usually marked by changes in weather
Seasons
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How long does it take the Earth to rotate?
24 hours or 1 day
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How long does the Earth's revolution take?
364 days or 1 year
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Name the four seasons
Fall, winter, spring, summer
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An eclipse is defined as an astronomical event that occurs when one object moves _______________ another, partially or fully obscuring it from view.
Into the shadow
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A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
Shadows
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What are the causes of Earth's rotation?
Day and Night
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What do revolutions cause?
Seasons
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Describe the weather closer to the equator
Wet in the summer and dry in the winter
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An imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres
Equator
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What side does the sun rise on?
East
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How is revolution and rotation alike and different?
Both rotation and revolution involves a body turning about an axis. Rotation has the axis inside of the body, whereas revolution has the axis outside the body.
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True or false: the distance between Earth and the Sun is not connected to the seasons
True
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The movement of a planet or other object as it turns on its axis
Rotation
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If Earth's rotation took 30 hours, how would shadows change, if at all?
The shadows would continue to have the same pattern of shortest shadow when the Sun is highest in the sky, but the shadows would take longer to change because of the longer day
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Does the Earth revolve clockwise or counterclockwise?
Counterclockwise
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If you were in New Zealand, an island country off the coast of Australia, in January, what outside activity might you be able to do?
You could go surfing
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What are two types of eclipses?
Solar and Lunar
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When one object moves around another object
Revolution
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If Earth stopped rotating, what would day and night look like?
One part of the Earth would always be sunny and the other part would always be night time
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Does the Earth revolve in an elliptical orbit or circular orbit?
Elliptical
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What passes between the Earth and the Sun during an eclipse?
The moon
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