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Define: Static
When somebody/something doesn't move
How many months have more than 30 days?
7
Define: Allow
To give someone permission for something
How many months are in each season
Define: Equator
The imaginary (horizontal) line drawn around the earth located an equal distance from the North and South pole.
The sun rises in the ______ and sets in the ______.
East, West
Define: Spinning
The action of turning in a circular motion
What is the name of the movement that produces the change from day to night?
Rotation
What is the name of the movement that produces seasons?
Orbiting
Deifne: Axis
An imaginary central line (the Earth goes around the axis)
How many days are there in a year and how many in a leap year? How many years between each leap year?
365, 366. Every 4 years.
Define Solstice:
The time of year when there is the greatest length of daylight or shortest
Define: Tilted
A position where one end or side is higher than the other
Define: Length
The distance from one end to the other of an object, period of time, etc.
What are the 2 movements of the Earth?
Rotation and orbiting around the sun
Spinning around an imaginary axis is known as:
Rotation movement
Name the 2 Tropics
Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn
In which seasons are the equinoxes and in which are the solstices?
Equinox - Fall/Autumn and Spring
Solstice - Summer and Winter
Define: Demarcate
To show the limits of something
Define: Steadily
When something happens in a regular way
Define Frigid:
Very cold
Name 6 cardinal points
North, East, West, South
(combinations like Northeast, Southwest, etc.)
Define: Bearings
To find out where you are
What does temperate mean?
Neither too hot, nor too cold
Time difference is a result of what?
The rotation of the Earth