the sun
How long does it take the earth to travel one complete orbit around the sun?
365 1/4 days
Shadows are longer in the summer or winter?
summer
In Canada it is winter so in Chile it is __________.
summer
How many hours doesn the earth take to rotate?
24 hrs
an object spinning on it's own axis is called...
rotation
In what direction does the sun rotate in the sky? N,S, E,W
East to West
What is the reason shadows change length throughout the day?
The rotation of the Earth
If it's summer in the northern hemisphere, what season is it in the southern hemisphere?
Winter
The earth rotates counterclockwise from _______ t0 _____.
west to east
Name a natural satellite of the Earth.
The Moon
Why does the sun appear brighter than the other stars that people can see from Earth?
The sun is closer to us.
True or False: Your shadow will be the shortest at noon.
True
What are the reasons for the seasons? Name two
The tilt of the earth's axis and the revolution of the earth around the sun.
Why do day and night occur?
Because of the rotation of the earth on its axis.
An object moving in a circular formation around another object is called...
revolution
If a shadow is really long and stretched toward the east, what time of day is it?
It's in the late afternoon...4 to 7 PM depending on the time of year.
The shadows will be the longest in what parts of the day?
In the morning: When the sun rises--early morning and in the late afternoon before sun sets (must be sun )
What happens to the sun's rays in the winter?
They are more spread out.
How much of the earth is facing the sun at one time?
half
explain the difference between rotation and revolution and what on Earth they affect.
What parts of the Earth have times of the year when the sun is out 24 hours a day?
In the arctic (north pole) and Antarctica (south pole).
Draw a tree with a shadow at noon, at 9am and at 4pm. Indicate East and West
I will have a picture of it.
In the winter in the northern hemisphere the earth is tilted _______________ from the sun.
Away
what is the degree of the earth's axis tilted?
23.5 degrees
Define sunrise and sunset
sunrise= the time of day when the sun is just becoming visible from a location on Earth
sunset= the time of day when the sun has just become no longer visible from a location on Earth