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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 28 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
The shape of the Earth
What is a "sphere"?
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
It takes this long for the Earth to complete on full rotation.
What is 24 hours?
200
This term is used to describe the imaginary line that cuts through the Earth, causing seasons
What is the "axis"?
300
The Earth takes this long to revolve around the sun.
What is 365 1/4 days?
300
The sun rises in this direction.
What is the "east"?
300
This is how many moons fit across the diameter of the Earth
What is a "four"?
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 shape of the Earth's orbit
What is "elliptical"?
400
The Earth's axis is not straight up and down, the term for this is...
What is "tilted"?
400
This is how many Earths fit across the diameter of the Sun.
What is a "109"?
400
This is the distance between the Moon and the Earth
What is a "3,000 miles"?
400
The sun appears higher in the sky during this time of year because of the tilt of the earth.
What is "summer"?
400
This is the spin of the Earth on it's axis.
What is "rotation"?
500
The imaginary line horizontally around the middle of the Earth.
What is the "equator"?
500
This is how far the Earth is from the Sun
What is "93 million miles"?
500
The moon affects this part of the Earth, changing it daily on our beaches.
What is the "ocean 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
What is the fish's name?
What is "blue"?