How long does it take the earth to travel one complete orbit around the sun?
365 1/4 days
100
In Canada it is winter so in Chile it is __________.
What is summer?
100
How many hours doesn the earth take to rotate?
24 hrs
200
In what direction does the sun rotate in the sky? From what to what? N,S, E,W
East to West
200
The autumn equinox lands on or around what date?
What is Sept 22nd?
200
The earth rotates counterclockwise from _______ to _____.
west to east
300
This is the position of the sun in the sky during the Summer Soltice for those in the Northern Hemisphere?
What is high in the sky?
300
What are the reasons for the seasons? Name two
The effect of the tilt of the earth's axis and the revolution of the earth around the sun.
300
Why do day and night occur?
Because of the rotation of the earth on its axis...when one side of the Earth is facing the sun, that side of the Earth experiences day, the other side experiences night.
400
This is the position of the Sun during an Equinox.
This is directly over the equator?
400
What happens to the sun's rays in the winter?
They are more spread out.
400
How much of the earth is facing the sun at one time?
half
500
This hemisphere of the Earth receives the most direct rays of sunlight during the Winter Solstice.
What is the Southern Hemisphere?
500
What are 2 factors that work in combination to cause the seasons on Earth?
What are direct/indirect rays of sun and the number of hours of sunlight received each day?