Because of the Earth's rotation, the sun appears to rise in the __________
What is East?
100
When Earth rotates it causes this...
What are days?
100
When daylight is equal to the amount of darkness in one day.
What is an equinox?
100
The number of days it takes Earth to orbit the sun.
What is 365.25?
200
Chunks of rock that look like giant potatoes in space.
What are asteroids?
200
The spinning of Earth on its axis
What is rotation?
200
The Earth rotates once every _____ hours.
What is 24 hours?
200
This is the number of time zones world wide.
What is 24?
200
Earth's orbit around the sun is this type of shape.
What is an ellipse?
300
These balls of ice and rock that circle the sun often have clouds surrounding them.
What are comets?
300
Name an example of things that rotate (besides Earth).
What are ballerinas, figure skaters, cyclones, tornadoes, a merry-go-round?
300
An imaginary line that runs through both poles of a planet.
What is an axis?
300
When it is summer in the northern hemisphere, it is this season in the southern hemisphere
What is winter?
300
What day has the most daylight in the Northern Hemisphere?
What is June 21 or Summer Solstice?
400
Ocean currents curve this direction in the northern hemisphere.
What is clockwise?
400
The Earth's axis is always tilted toward this.
What is the North Star (Polaris)?
400
The Earth's axis is tilted this many degrees.
What is 23.5 degrees?
400
There are ___ time zones in the USA.
What are 7?
400
Around what day is the Spring Equinox?
What is March 21?
500
What causes our days to get longer in the summer and shorter in the winter.
What is the Earth's tilt?
500
When hours of daylight are at its greatest or fewest.
What is a solstice?
500
It is the Earth's movement that causes this to appear to change the direction of its swing.
(Can you remember its proper name?)
What is a Foucault Pendulum?
500
When it is 6pm in China, it is this time in America.
What is 6am?
500
As Earth revolves around the sun its axis always points at the same angle so different parts of Earth are angled closer to the sun than other parts throughout the year.