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Vocab
Day and Night
Revolution and Rotation
Seasons
MISC
100
What is tilt?
The angle between an object's axis and a vertical line
100
When one side of the Earth is having day, the other side is having ___________
night
100
What is another name for revolving?
orbiting
100
When people in Australia are having summer, people in Europe are having_______
winter
100
In what direction does the sun set?
west
200
What is an imaginary line that runs through the center of a planetary body, around which it spins?
axis
200
Why do we have day and night?
The Earth is rotating. The side facing the is having day, and the other side is having night.
200
How long does it take for the Earth to revolve around the sun once?
1 year or 365 days
200
When the northern hemisphere has direct rays and it tilted toward the sun it is having______
summer
200
People in New England experience four very different _____
seasons
300
What is an object spinning on its axis?
rotation
300
How many time zones are there?
24
300
How long does it take for the Earth to rotate once?
24 hrs or one day
300
How long is each season?
approx. 3 months
300
In what direction does the sun rise?
East
400
What is revolving?
the movement of one planetary body around another planetary body
400
How many times in one day do we have daytime?
one time
400
How long does it take the moon to revolve?
28.5 days
400
When the south pole is tilted away from the sun the southern hemisphere is having_____
winter
400
The Southern hemisphere is always having the ______ season of what the northern hemisphere is having
opposite
500
How far is the Earth tilted?
23.5 degrees
500
When is the summer solstice?
June 21
500
the moon's rotation is the same as its ______
revolution
500
Explain how we have seasons
the Earth's tilt and revolution around the sun
500
What are the four American time zones?
Pacific, Central, Eastern, Mountain