Other Planets
Earth
Revolution
Rotation
Vocabulary
100
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
What is NASA
100
109 earths can fit in this
What is the sun
100
earths tilt on its axis
What is the main cause of seaons
100
Fill in the blank: A planet spinning on its ____ is called rotation.
Axis
100
A body revolving around the sun
Planet
200
the suns apparent path across the sky
What is ecliptic
200
384,000 kilometers
What is the distance betwen moon and earth
200
the days ar longer in the
What is the summer
200
What is the circle that divides the lit half and the dark half called?
Circle of illumination
200
The movement or path of a planet on its axis
Rotation
300
which occurs on te first day of spring and fall
What is equinox
300
takes 365 and one quarter days to rovolve around the sun
What is earth
300
the days are shorter in the
What is the winter
300
If the earth would not be inclined, we would have time zones. True or False?
False
300
The orbiting one heavenly body around another
Revolution
400
there isexactly the same day and night
What is equinox
400
takes about 27 das to...
What is the moon
400
having summer while SH having winter
What is NH
400
The earth is not inclined at an angle. True or False?
False
400
The line about which a rotating body, such as the earth, turns
Axis
500
a north star (currently)
What is Polaris
500
takes 24 hours to rotate on is ...
What is earth
500
having winter while SH having summer
What is NH
500
Fill in the blank: Rotation divides the earth into the ____ half and the ____ half.
lit and dark
500
The division between day and night over the earth
Circle of Illumination
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