Earth
The sun appears to rise in the....
and set in the...
East
West
Whats another word for rotation?
Spinning
What do we revolve around?
The sun
What are all of earths seasons?
Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter.
As we get ready for school what are people on the other side of the world doing?
Getting ready for bed.
True or False:
The Earth is the closest planet to the sun.
False. Mercury is the closest.
The sun appears to be moving across the sky because earth...
Rotates on its axis.
How long does it take the earth to revolve around the sun once?
365 1/4 days
Which season is the longest?
Summer
Ancient civilizations thousands of years ago used the sun for what?
A giant clock.
Shadows lengths on earth are different based on...
the suns position in the sky.
How long does it take the earth to make one complete rotation?
24 hours or 1 day
What is the path the earth travels around the sun called?
Earth's orbit
Why does earth have seasons?
Earth has seasons because of its tilted axis as it travels around the sun.
Why do some planets have shorter years than we do?
The closer a planet is to the sun the shorter it takes to orbit it and the shorter the year is.
What are the two hemispheres and how do we know which is which.
The Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
They are north or south of the equator.
The earth spinning causes what?
Day and night.
Revolution is when the earth makes an entire trip around the sun.
When the sun is facing right in the center of earth what seasons do we have?
Spring and Fall
When will our next solar eclipse be?
2024
Why do we have 365 days in a year?
Because that's how long it takes us to revolve around the sun.
The earth spins on an axis. What is an Axis?
An imaginary line that starts at the north pole and goes through earth's center ending at the south pole.
Describe the movement of the earth, moon and sun.
The moon revolves around earth and the earth revolves around the sun.
Which season has the longest days of sunlight?
Summer
Name all of the planets in our solar system.