the sun
How long does it take the earth to travel one complete orbit around the sun?
365 1/4 days
Shadows at noon are longer in the summer or winter?
winter
In the United States when it is winter, in Australia it is __________.
summer
How many hours doesn the earth take to rotate?
24 hrs
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
The sun rises in the ______.
If the sun is in the east your shadow will be in the ___.
West
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.
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 and in the late afternoon
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
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).
The direction of shadows move from the West in the morning to the ____________ in the afternoon in a (clockwise or counter clockwise) direction.
East/ clockwise
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