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Earth
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Vocabulary
100
This causes the Earth's seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth?
100
The word "solar" refers to this object.
What is the "sun"?
100
It takes this long for the moon to revolve completely around the Earth.
What is 29 days or about a month?
100
This keeps the Earth and moon in their orbits.
What is "gravity"?
100
This word describes the Earth spinning continuously.
What is "rotating"?
200

How would you describe the composition of Earth’s surface? ___% water and ____% rock

What is about 70% water and 30% rock

200
The sun is a big fiery ball of gas called this.
What is a "star"?
200
Solar refers to the sun. This term refers to the moon.
What is "lunar"?
200

True or False: The least dense layer of earth is called the crust

What is true

200
This imaginary line goes from the North Pole to the South Pole of the Earth.
What is the "axis"?
300
The Earth takes this long to revolve around the sun.
What is 365 1/4 days?
300

When the moon blocks sunlight from hitting the earth we call it a _____ eclipse. 

What is solar

300
During this phase of the moon, we can see no light from the moon.
What is a "new moon"?
300

What is affected by how far an area of land is from the equator?

What is a the number of daylight hours 

300

Which term is used to describe small pieces of weathered rock?

What is sedimentary rock

400

Name the most likely reason Earth is made of distinct separate layers?

Layers were made based on the density of rocks as Earth formed.

400
This occurs when the moon moves between the sun and the Earth, blocking some the the sun's light.
What is a "solar eclipse"?
400
During this process, the moon moves through the Earth's shadow, and cannot be seen for a short time.
What is a "lunar eclipse"?
400

Name the process that causes tides...

What is the gravitational interaction of Earth, the moon, and the sun

400

Which term best identifies the thick, hot, convective layer of Earth?

What is the mantle

500
The imaginary line horizontally around the middle of the Earth.
What is the "equator"?
500
This is how the sun's rays strike the Earth in the summer.
What is "directly"?
500

How many lunar phases are in an average month?

What is 8

500

Which action fuels the convection cell in Earth’s mantle?

heat from the core

500

Which characteristic of soil is based on the proportion of different-sized particles?

What is the texture