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Vocabulary
100

The number of degrees the Earth is tilted; also represents the number of degrees North and South of the Equator that the Tropics can be located.

What are 23.5 degrees?

100

The area of the Earth where you would look 90 degrees in the sky to see the sun at noon.

What is the "equator"?

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 and also causes the tide.

What is "gravity"?

100
This word describes the Earth spinning continuously.
What is "rotating"?
200

When the people of Ancud, Chile are experiencing Fall, the people of Mt.Upton are experiencing this season.

What is "Spring"?

200

The direction a Gilbertsville resident would look to see the Sun in December.

What is "south"?

200

Solar refers to the sun. This term refers to the moon.

What is "lunar"?

200
It takes this long for the Earth to complete on full rotation.
What is 24 hours?
200

This imaginary line (that is not a line of longitude) goes from the North Pole to the South Pole of the Earth and is pointed in a northerly direction.

What is the "axis"?

300
The Earth takes this long to revolve around the sun.
What is 365 1/4 days?
300

This is an indicator that the Earth rotates.

What is "the sun rising (in the east) and setting (in the west)"?


(Other responses may include: Foucault's Pendulum)

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

At 12:00 noon in New York, it would be this time in California.

What is a "9:00 a.m."?

300

This term is used to describe light; it is the opposite of concentrated, and means "spread out."

What is "dispersed"?

400

This causes the Earth's seasons.

What is "the tilt of the Earth"?

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
The sun appears higher in the sky during this time of year because of the tilt of the earth.
What is "summer"?
400

When the Earth is between the Sun and Moon, we experience this phase.

What is a "Full Moon"?

500

The line of latitude that receives the most direct sunlight on June 21st.

What is the "Tropic of Cancer"?

500

This is how the sun's rays strike the Earth in the summer.

What is "directly"?

500

This is the type of extreme tide that is caused by the Sun, Earth and Moon "lining up."

What is the "Spring Tide"?

500
We have this special day every 4 years in February because it takes the Earth 365 and 1/4 days to revolve around the sun.
What is "Leap Year Day"?
500

Found at 180 degrees longitude, the International Date Line makes it possible to "time travel," while this other longitudinal line at 0 degrees signifies where "time begins."

What is the "Prime Meridian"?