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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.

The "sun"

100

It takes this long for the moon to revolve completely around the Earth.

What is 29.5 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

Third planet in the solar system. It is one of the inner planets

The Earth

200

The sun is a big fiery ball of gas called this...a gas ball or a star?

What is a "star"?

200

Solar refers to the sun. This term refers to the moon. Hint...Think of the name in spanish

What is "lunar"?

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

How long does it take for Earth to travel once on it's orbit around the sun?

365.25 days (365 1/4)

300
During this phase of the moon, we can see no light from the moon.
What is a "new moon"?
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"?
400

When it is winter in North America, it is _____in Brasil.

Summer

400

I am the object with the greatest mass in the solar system

The Sun!!!!

400

How is it that we are able to see any of the moon at night?

The moon reflects the light from the sun.

400

Earth´s axis is tilted at ______ degrees

23.5 degrees

400

A year is the time it takes a planet to complete one _________ around the sun

Revolution

500
The imaginary line horizontally around the middle of the Earth.
What is the "equator"?
500

If the tilt of the Earth´s axis causes seasons, what would happen if the Earth´s axis was not tilted????

There would be no seasons..

500

How many phases of the moon do we see in a month?

8 phases

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

What is the path called that planets take as they move around the Sun?

ORBIT