Earth & the Sun
Earth's Rotation
Earth's Revolution
Seasons
Random Facts
100

The nearest star to the Earth is 

What is the Sun? 

100

The Earth is always ......

What is tilted?

100

The path an object follows as it moves around another object is an ....

What is an orbit?

100

This season occurs in September.

What is the autumnal equinox?

100

When is the Earth farthest from the Sun? 

What is July 4? 

200

The Sun's diameter is more than ______  times greater than Earth's.

What is 100?

200

The Earth is tilted ______ degrees. 

What is 23.5 degrees?

200

The motion of one object around another object is called ......

What is revolution?

200

This season occurs in March.

What is the vernal equinox?

200

When is the Earth closest to the Sun? 

What is January 3?

300

The Sun is a giant ball of hot ______ that emits light and energy. 

What is gasses?

300

The line on which an object rotates is the 

What is axis? 

300

It takes 365 1/4 days for the Earth to complete one

What is revolution?

300

Time of the year when both hemispheres experience the same amount of sunlight

What is equinox?

300

The imaginary line that separates the Nothern and Southern Hemispheres. 

What is the equator?

400

A small part of the Sun's energy reaches Earth as ....

What is light and thermal energy? 

400

The spin of an object around its axis. 

What is rotation?

400

This keeps the Earth orbiting around the Sun

What is gravitational pull?

400

Occurs when Earth's tilt is toward the Sun

What is the summer solstice?

400

It takes 24 hours for the Earth to do this

What is rotate?

500

Deep inside the Sun, nuclei of atoms combine, releasing huge amounts of energy. This process is called.....

What is nuclear fusion?

500

Rotation is the reason we have...

What is day and night? 

500

Earth's revolution is the reason we have...

What are seasons?

500

The season when Earth's tilt is away from the Sun

What is the winter solstice?

500

What is the direction that the Earth spins and revolves around the Sun? 

What is counterclockwise?