Earth's rotation
Earth rotates on its?
Axis
Shadows can be created be any?
Object
Earth does what around the sun?
Orbits or Revolves
If kinds in China are having lunch, what are kids in the USA doing?
Sleeping
Ancient civilizations used what to tell time?
Sundials
Earth rotation takes?
24 hours
When the sun appears high in the sky shadows appear?
short
How long does it take for the Earth to revolve around the Sun?
365.25 days
How many time zones do we have in the adjoining states of the USA
4
24 hours is how long?
Earth rotates on its axis which way?
Counter clockwise
When an object blocks light a what is created?
Shadow
As Earth orbits the Sun ____ happens because of the tilt.
Seasons
If it is 10am in New York, what time is it in CA?
7am
The sun sets in which direction?
West
The sun rises in the?
East
Shadows are what color?
Black
The thing we must do every 4 years to keep our calendar in check _______
Add a day to February-- leap year day
TRUE or FAlSE? If kids in Maine just saw the sunrise at 6am, kids in California are having dinner.
False, it is 3am there.
At what time in the day do shadows get the shortest?
solar noon
True or false the shadows are opposite to the sun
TRUE
When the sun is closer to the horizon shadows appear?
long
T or F Our length of day is the amount of time the Sun is visible, and changes throughout the year.
True
If it is 12pm noon in SD, which state will be the next to see the sunrise? Florida, Iowa, California?
Florida (East coast)
True or false the Sun rotates on it's axis?
False the Earth rotates on it's axis.