Important Dates
Every four years on February 29th
What is Leap Year
The seasons are caused by our axis being on this tilt (what degree)
What is 23.5 degrees
In summer, the shadows occur shorter at this time of day.
What is the early afternoon (solar noon)
The moon is roughly what fraction the size of Earth.
What is 1/4.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's baby's name
North West
On June 21st and December 21st each year
What are the solstices (summer and winter)
What is winter.
The reason shadows are longer at dawn and dusk regardless of season.
What is the Earth's rotation to the sun each day.
Approximately how many Earth's could fit across the Sun's diameter?
What is 109 Earths.
The sun appears to rise in this direction
What is the east.
Occurring on March 21st and September 21st
What are the equinoxes
How much time is there between the two equinoxes each year?
What is 6 months.
Winter shadows appear longer throughout the day, but why?
The sun hits Earth at a lower angle due to Earth's tilt.
The Sun is a huge distance from Earth. How many kilometers from Earth is the Sun?
What is 150 million kilometers
Our axis always faces towards what object?
What is the North Star (Polaris).
Halley's comet is set to arrive again in ______.
What is 2061
In winter the Northern Hemisphere is closer to the sun, yet temperatures are colder. What explains this?
The sun travels through more atmosphere being at a low angle due to Earth's tilt.
At what time of day and what season would a shadow be difficult to see because it is so small?
What is solar noon and in the summer.
The moon and the sun appear to be the same size, but aren't. Why does this occur?
The moon is 400 times smaller, but 400 times further away. The sun is about 400 times larger, but 400 times further away.
Antarctica is located in this hemisphere
What is 1054.
Other planets experience seasons. One planet that has a tilt close to ours is ______ at a ______ tilt.
What is Mars at a 25 degree tilt.
Shadows will appear ________ when the sun is at a low lying angle.
What is longer or larger.
Earth's diameter in km
What is 12,756 kilometers in diameter.
Our orbit around the sun and our rotation go in this direction.
What is counterclockwise.