Gravity
What is an invisible force that pulls objects toward each other?
Gravity
When Earth is facing the sun we experience day or night?
Day
What line is located at 0 degrees?
Equator
In Canton, on the 15th of what month is the summer Solstice?
June
True
Provide an example of gravity using a soccer ball
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If I kick a ball into the air it will return to the ground.
Earths rotation is the explanation for day and night.
True or False
True
Bonus: Explain day
What line is located at 23.5 degrees North?
Tropic of Cancer
In Canton, which month does the winter solstice occur?
December
The moon provides its own light
True or False
False
Bonus: Why does it look lit up?
Provide an example of gravity using people.
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If people jump they will come back to the ground
Earths motion that occurs every 24 hours
Rotation
What line is located at 23.5 degrees South?
Tropic of Capricorn
In the Northern Hemisphere, which month does the autumnal equinox occur?
September
We experience summer when we have more or less direct sun rays?
More
Provide an example using the Earth.
Answer Varies
The force that keeps the Earth and all of the planets in line in the proper position in their orbits around the sun.
Earths motion that occurs every 365.25 days
Rotation around Sun
When the sun's direct rays strike the Tropic of Cancer the Norther hemisphere experiences what season?
Summer
Bonus: What is the longest day of sunlight?
In the Northern Hemisphere, which month does the vernal equinox occur?
March
As the Earth rotates and revolves around the sun we see different constellation during different seasons or months. True or False
True
Provide an example of gravity using the moon
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The force that causes the moon to revolve around the Earth.
What degree is Earth tilted on its axis?
23.5
When the sun's direct rays strike the Tropic of Capricorn the Norther hemisphere experiences what season?
Winter
Bonus: What is the shortest day of sunlight?
What are the two main causes Earth's seasons?
Earths tilt and the revolution around the sun
Why does the Sun appear to be the brightest star in the sky?
It is the closest to Earth