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Earth
This and That
Vocabulary
Seasons
Miscellaneous
100
This causes the Earth's seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth?
100
This keeps the Earth and moon in their orbits.
What is "gravity"?
100
This word describes the Earth spinning continuously.
What is "rotating"?
100

Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature year round

It receives the same amount of direct sunlight year round.

100

As the Earth rotates, only the part of the Earth lit by the ______experiences daytime.

sun

200
The shape of the Earth
What is a "sphere"?
200
It takes this long for the Earth to complete on full rotation.
What is 24 hours?
200

Why do globes lean sideways

To demonstrate the tilt of the Earth's axis

200

What word describes the seasons at the North and South Poles

extreme

200

If the Earth rotated slower, we would have

longer days.

300
The Earth takes this long to revolve around the sun.
What is 365 1/4 days?
300
This object is used to study far away objects in the sky.
What is a "telescope"?
300
This term is used to describe the phase of the moon when we see all of the lit side.
What is "full moon"?
300

Where and when would you find almost 24 hours of daylight

Artic Circle during summer

300

This is similar to spinning a basketball on your finger

What is rotation

400
When it is winter in North America, it is this in Australia.
What is "summer"?
400
The sun appears higher in the sky during this time of year because of the tilt of the earth.
What is "summer"?
400

What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

It's winter in your area.

400

Day and night is caused by the ______ of earth on its axis.

rotation

400

contains water, has an atmosphere, contains the seasons, organisms can thrive

What makes Earth just right