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Earth
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This and That
Vocabulary
100

The shape of the Earth

What is a "sphere"?

100

This is the time when we have the longest shadows during the day.

What is at sunrise and sunset.

100

True or false: our moon is the only one in our solar system

False!

100
It takes this long for the Earth to complete on full rotation.
What is 24 hours?
100

This is the outer most layer of Earth

The crust

200
This causes the Earth's seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth?
200

On average, it is the hottest year long in this region.

What is on the equator or tropical region.

200

This keeps the Moon orbiting around Earth.

What is "gravity"?

200
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"?
200

This word describes the Earth spinning on its axis.

What is "rotation"?

300

The Earth takes EXACTLY this long to revolve around the sun.

What is 365 1/4 days?

300

When it is 11 am in Texas, it is what time in California?

What is 9 am?

300

Fill in the blank: We see the moon at night due to the moon __________ the sunlight

What is "reflecting"

300

These are the dark spots on the sun

What are "sun spots"

300

This is the word for when the Earth makes a complete orbit around the sun

What is revolution

400
When it is winter in North America, it is this in Australia.
What is "summer"?
400

During this season, the sun is the lowest in the sky, causing the shortest daylight hours.

What is winter.

400

The moon's gravity affects this part of the Earth.

What is the "ocean "?

400

These are the names for the longest and shortest days of the year

What are the "summer and winter solstice"

400
The imaginary line horizontally around the middle of the Earth.
What is the "equator"?
500

These are three reasons why Earth is the only planet in our solar system that can sustain life.

Our atmosphere (with oxygen, to block solar ration and trap heat for night time)

Liquid fresh water

Perfect temperature/distance from the sun

500

In these places, the sun does not shine all day during the middle of winter.

What is on the poles.

500

The moon has craters that can stay for millions of years due to the lack of this.

An atmosphere/weather (weathering, erosion, deposition).
500

This is the reason for Earth's magnetic field 

The inner iron core

500
This imaginary line goes from the North Pole to the South Pole of the Earth.
What is the "axis"?