Rotation or Revolution
Causes Day and Night
What is rotation?
This is the reason the Earth has seasons.
What is tilt?
This is a push or pull.
What is force?
Gravity is affected by mass and ___________________.
What is distance?
What is Newton's 1st Law of Motion?
What is revolution?
This is a special day (twice a year) where the day and night hours are the same.
What is equinox?
This attracts all objects towards each other.
What is gravity?
This is affected by the distance between 2 objects.
An object at rest will stay at ___________.
What is rest?
The result of one complete __________________ is a day.
What is a rotation?
List the four major seasons.
What is Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn (or fall)?
This is the amount of matter in an object.
What is mass?
If the distance between 2 objects doubles, then the force decreases this much.
What is 1/4?
This law states that an object in motion will remain in motion unless acted on by a force.
What is Newton's 1st Law of Motion?
A rotation on Earth is equal to this time.
What is 24 hours?
The Earth's axis is tilted toward the sun.
What is summer?
This has less mass than the Earth.
What is the moon?
The farther away a spaceship gets from Earth, the force of gravity ____________.
What is decreases?
If an object has more mass it also has more ______________.
A revolution on Earth is equal to this time.
What is 365 Days?
The Earth is tilted at this degree.
What is 23.5?
This will vary depending on which planet you are on.
What is weight?
When distance decreases, gravity ____________
What is increases?
These 2 forces keep the moon in orbit around Earth and the Earth in orbit around the sun.