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Revolution
Rotation
Geocentric/Heliocentric Model
Earth
Misc.
100
Give the definition of revolution
What is to move around another object?.
100
Give the definition of rotate.
What is to spin around?
100

This is at the center of the solar system in a Geocentric model of the solar system.

What is Earth?

100
These are the four seasons that the Earth has.
What are Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall?
100
This season, are the days the longest, (when we have the most sunlight).
What is summer?
200
This revolves around the sun.
What is the Earth?
200
This rotates on its axis.
What is the Earth?
200

This is at the center of the solar system in a Geocentric model of the solar system.

What is the Sun?

200
The Earth spins on this imaginary line down the middle, which is why the Earth is tilted.
What is its axis?
200

This is when a certain side of the globe is facing the sun, as it rotates.

What is daytime?

300
This revolves around the Earth.
What is the moon?
300
This is the amount of time it takes the Earth rotate one time.
What is one day/24 hours?
300

This tool helped astronomers to come to the conclusion that the Earth was not at the center of the solar system.

What is the telescope?

300
These are the two reasons that Earth has seasons.
What tilt of the Earth and revolution around the sun?
300
When this part of the Earth is pointed away from the sun, that part of the Earth has this season.
What is winter?
400
When the Earth revolves around the sun, this causes what?
What is seasons?
400

This is the time between sunset and sunrise.

What is night time?

400

This astronomer is responsible for proposing a model of the universe where the Earth, the planets and the stars all revolved around the sun.

Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?

400
This is a pulling force between two objects. We have it here on Earth and the moon has it, but it is much less.
What is gravity?
400

The sun shines on the imaginary line around the center of the Earth year-round, making it the hottest place on Earth.

What is the equator?

500
This is how long it takes the Earth to revolve around the sun.
What is one year/365 1/4 days?
500
The rotation of the Earth causes this.
What is day and night?
500

The geocentric model essentially came down to two common observations. What were they?

To ancient astronomers, the stars, the sun, and the planets appeared to revolve around the Earth on daily basis. From the perspective of the Earth-bound observer, the Earth did not appear to move.

500
The part of the Earth that is tilted toward the sun is having this season.
What is summer?
500

This is the best science teacher!

Who is Ms.Rainey/Mrs. Ivy? =)