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Revolution
Rotation
Earth
Misc.
Vocabulary
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
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?
100

What is the definition of eclipse?

The partial or total blocking of one object in space by another

200

This revolves around the sun.

What is the Earth?

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

True or False?

The Earth and Moon spin at the same speed.

True

200

What is the definition of axis?

An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles, about which Earth rotates

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
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?
300

What is the definition of equinox?

The two days of the year when day and night are equal.

400
When the Earth revolves around the sun, this causes what?
What is seasons?
400
This why we only see one side of the moon.
What is it rotates and revolves at the same time?
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

What are the 4 layers of the Earth?

Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core

400

What is the definition of solstice?

Two times of year when the day or night lengths are at their longest or shortest.

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

What is an independent variable?

The variable that is changed during an experiment.

500

What causes seasons?

Caused by the tilt of Earth on its axis as it revolves around the Sun