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Earth
Sun
Shadows
This and That
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

A shadow is at the SHORTEST point at this time of day?

What is 12 noon?

100
At any point in time, what fraction of Earth is experiencing "day" and what fraction is experiencing "night" 

50-50 or half and half. ALWAYS. 

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

The shadow will be longest at two times during the day, what are these?

Just after sunrise and just before sunset

200

It takes this long for the Earth to complete one 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
The sun rises in this direction.
What is the "east"?
300

This starts out: long, shorter, shortest, longer, longest

What is how does a shadow change from morning until late afternoon?

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 part of the year when the Sun changes its position in the sky.
What is a "season"?
400
When it is winter in North America, it is this in Australia.
What is "summer"?
400

When we see the sun moving in the sky, what is really happening? 

THe Earth is rotating on it's axis, but because we are so small on Earth, it appears the sun is moving instead of us. 

400

If you look at a shadow at the exact same time of day in winter and summer will they be the same? If not how are they different?

They are different, the shadow in winter will be longer because the sun is lower in the sky, while in summer the shadow will be shorter because the sun is more directly overhead. 

400

The sun appears higher in the sky during this time of year because of the tilt of the earth.

What is "summer"?

400
The dark area behind an opaque object is called this.
What is a "shadow"?
500
The imaginary line horizontally around the middle of the Earth.
What is the "equator"?
500

Why is it warmer in the summer but colder in the winter?

Because the Earth is tilted, we receive more direct sunlight in the summer, giving us more heat, while in the winter the sun's rays are more slanted (less direct) and we get less heat. 

500

In the late afternoon, shadows POINT in this direction. Why?

What is east, because the sun is in the west

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
Wherever you are on Earth, the sun does this in the exact same place.
What is the "sunrise & sunset"?