Shadows
Which direction does the sun appear to move across the sky?
What is East to West
The moon revolves around
What is the Earth?
The time it takes earth to rotate on its axis
What is 24 hours?
This is at the center of our solar system.
What is the sun?
At different times of the year, changes occur in temperature and the amount of daylight is called
What is seasons?
A sun dial is used to determine...
What is the time of day?
The imaginary straight line the runs from the north pole to the south pole, on which the earth rotates
What is axis
The time it takes the Earth to complete a revolution around the sun
What is 365 days?
The Earth and Sun rotate in this direction
What is counter-clockwise?
The equinox is when day and night are equal, and the sun is directly above the equator happens during these two seasons
What is Autumn/Fall and Spring?
It is noon and the sun is directly above you your shadow is...
What is in front of you/short, or what is there is no shadow?
The imaginary line that seperates the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
What is equator?
It takes this to complete a full lunar cycle
What is 30 days?
The shape of the planets orbital path
What is Elliptical/Ellipses?
The Earth's tilt causes the longest and shortest day of the year
What is solstice?
When a part of the earth faces the sun, it is this
What is day time?
The term scientists use to describe the spinning of the earth on its axis
What is rotation?
T/F The tilt of the Earth on it's axis is 25.5 degrees
False
It is 23.5 degrees
all the planets in our solar system do this around the sun and rotate on an axis
What is orbit?
The longest day of the year occurs on June 21st; the Earth's pole tilts mostly towards the sun
What is the summer solstice?
about the time of day that a shadow will appear at its longest
what is (Times will vary) about 9AM/4PM Morning and late afternoon.
The term that scientists use to describe the motion of earth around the sun
What is revolution?
The Earth rotates on its axis, this motion of the Earth causes this
Day and night
Holds the earth in place along its orbit
What is the sun and moon's gravity?
The shortest day of the year occurs on December 21st; the Earth's pole tilts the most away from the sun
What is the winter Solstice?