Shadows
The time of day that a shadow is the shortest
What is Midday (noon)?
The Sun is highest in the sky during this season
What is Summer?
The cardinal direction in which the Sun rises
What is East?
The direction that the Earth moves
What is from West to East?
The word for spinning like a top
What is rotation?
Two times of day that shadows are the longest
What are early morning and late afternoon?
The Sun is lowest in the sky during this season
What is Winter?
The cardinal direction in which the Sun sets
What is West?
The Earth sits in a vertical position (True or False)
What is false?
The imaginary line around which a sphere, like a planet, rotates
What is an axis?
What is a light source?
During these two months, the Sun is at the same mid-level
What are March and September?
This occurs when the Sun is touching the horizon in the West
What is sunset?
This portion of the Earth is in daylight and darkness at any give time
What is half?
The star to which the Earth’s North Pole points
What is the North Star (Polaris)?
The two changes that take place with a shadow during the day
What are length and direction?
The reason that we have seasons
What is the Earth's tilt and rotation
This occurs when the Sun is touching the horizon in the East
What is sunrise?
The amount of time it takes Earth to rotate on its axis
What is 24 hours?
Traveling around something in a circular path
What is revolution?
The position of the Sun if my shadow is in front of me
What is behind me?
This causes different parts of the Earth to receive varying amounts of sunlight throughout the year, leading to the four distinct seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter
What is Earth's tilt on its axis?
The direction the Sun appears to travel across the sky
What is East to West?
The amount of time it takes for Earth to complete a revolution around the Sun
What is one year?
To move or travel around an object in a curved path
What is orbit?