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Vocabulary
100
This is 1/4 the size of the earth.
What is the moon?
100
This is the shape of the earths orbit around the sun.
What is an ellipse or oval?
100
This is the season when shadows are the shortest.
What is summer?
100
Seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres are this.
What is opposite each other?
100
This is what they call it when the sun reaches it's highest point in the sky.
What is solar noon?
200
This is how many earths would fit across the diameter of the sun.
What is 109?
200
This is how long each season lasts.
What is 3 months?
200
This is the seasons when shadows are the longest.
What is winter?
200
This is what early sailors used to navigate at sea at night.
What are stars?
200
This is a synonym for orbit.
What is revolution?
300
There are this many earth diameters between the earth and the moon.
What is 30?
300
This is what the earth always tilts toward.
What is Polaris or the North Star?
300
This is the time of day when shadows are the longest.
What is dawn and dusk?
300
When day and light are about even its called this.
What is equinox?
300
This is what you call it when the moon goes around the earth or the planets go around the sun.
What is orbit?
400
This is how many earths away the sun is.
What is 12,000?
400
This is when you get direct sunlight, which leads to longer days and warmer temperatures.
What is when the northern hemisphere points toward the sun causing summer?
400
This is what causes the length of shadows to change.
What is the angle of the sunlight hitting the earth?
400
This is what the Anasazi used to create their calendar.
What is the sun?
400
This is how long it takes the earth to travel once around the sun.
What is a year?
500
This is why the sun and moon appear the same size in the sky.
What is 400 times larger and 400 times further away?
500
This occurs when the days are shorter and colder because we're getting diffused sunlight.
What is when the tilt is away from the sun in winter.
500
If you graph the length of your shadows throughout the day and turn it upside down this is what you get.
What is the path of the sun in the sky for the day?
500
This is why stars appear to have moved over time.
What is because the earth rotates?
500
This term refers to the longest and shortest days of the year.
What is a solstice?