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The motion of an object around another object is called a(n)
How long does it take the Earth to revolve around the sun?
365.24 days
The pull of gravity between two objects depend on the masses of the objects and the distances between them is the
Law of Universal Gravitation
Why does the North Star always appear in the same place in the Northern Hemisphere?
It is directly over the North Pole.
The longest day of the year is during the _________________________.
summer solstice
Earth spinning on its axis is an example of a(n)
rotation
The Earth's ___________ causes the seasons to change.
tilt
Where does Manahattanhenge occur twice a year?
NY
In the Northern Hemisphere, the sun appears to rise in the _________ and set in the _________.
East, west
The shortest day of the year is during the ______________________.
Winter solstice
One complete orbit of one object around another is called a(n)
revolution
What are the seasons?
Which term means "related to outer space?"
celestial
_________________ is another word for yearly.
annual
Meteorologists predict
Earth's atmospheric conditions
Line on which an object rotates
rotation axis
How long does it take the light of the sun to reach Earth?
8 minutes
Before clocks, ____________________ were a tool used to tell the time of day.
sundials
___________________ is another word for daily.
Diurnal
Climatologists study
How long does it take Earth to rotate on it's axis?
24 hours
Most objects revovle around the sun in a(n) _________________orbit, or oval orbit.
elliptical
Polaris
We see more daylight hours in the ________________.
summer
If it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
summer