Earth's rotation causes day and night
What is the imaginary line called?
Axis/Axis of rotation.
Where ever you are standing the middle is?
Divider of light and dark.
What do most location on Earth experience?
(Think of temp.)
Patterns of temperature changes and weather trends.
Where are the effects (of sunlight) greater at?
Locations far from the equator.
What can affect seasonal temperatures?
Daylight.
When astronauts explored the moon what did they feel from the moon?
Moon's gravity.
Why does Earth not move straight into the sun?
Because of the Sun's gravitational pull.
What happens to the North Pole in the December Solstice?
The North Pole is leaning away from the sun.
When the sun is high in the sky, sunlight strikes the ground at what angle?
Right angle.
What happens when you move further away from the equator?
There's extreme changes in days lengths.
What were the directions (north, south, east, and west) based off of?
Based on the way the planets rotates/turns.
What is the Earth's path from a straight line to a round orbit?
300 million kilometers.
What happens to the North Pole in the June Solstice?
The North Pole leans towards the sun.
When the sun is low in the sky, sunlight strikes the ground at what (angle)?
A slant.
What happens when your close to poles?
The Sun doesn't set for 6 months at a time.
Relating to light.
What is Earth most of the time? Relating to light.
Earth is half sunlight and darkness.
What does the word revolution can also mean?
The time it takes an object to go around once.
What is difference with when your near the equator and near the poles?
Near the equator - Temperatures are almost the same year-round.
Near the Poles - There's very large changes in temperatures.
When it gets warm, is the grass warmed? Or less Warm?
Grass is warmed.
Why do some Astronomers go to the South?
They study the long winter night, objects in the sky.
How long does the Earth turn on its axis?
24 hours.
What does cause important changes of temperature?
Earth's motion around the Sun and the tilt of Earth's axis.
What are the 4 types of seasonal patterns?
September Equinox, December Solstice, March Equinox, and June Solstice.
When it gets cold, is the grass warmed? Or less Warm?
Grass is less warmed.
Daylight and darkness are almost _____ year-round.
A. Close B. Away
C. Equal D. Unequal
C. Equal.