Rotating
What does the Earth do when it rotates?
Spins or turns.
What does the Earth do when it revolves?
Moves around the Sun.
+ 100 points if you can name another planet.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
How long does it take for the Earth to rotate?
(+ 200 points if you can name both)
24 hours / 1 day.
How long does it take for the Earth to revolve?
(+200 points if you can name both)
365 days / 1 year.
+200 points for the name of the star at the center of the solar system.
(HINT: All planets revolve around it)
The Sun.
What does the Earth's rotation cause?
Day and night?
What does Earth revolving cause?
(+300 points if you can name all four)
Seasons.
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
(+300 points if you can tell me the other name for Fall)
+300 points if you can name the planet with the rings.
Saturn.
When the Earth is facing the sun, is it daytime or nightime?
Daytime.
When the Earth is tilted towards the Sun, is it Summer or Winter?
Summer.
+400 points for how hot the surface of the sun is.
A. 60°F
B. 10,000°F
C. 365°F
10,000°F
Because of the Earth's rotation, the Sun rises in what direction? (North, East, South, or West)
East.
What month is it when the Earth is closest to the Sun, but it is still Winter?
A. January
B. April
C. June
January.
+500 points if you can name the planet also referred to as the "Red Planet"
Mars.