Solar System
This is the planet we are on.
What is Earth
The Earth rotates on its axis every...
What is 24 hours.
This is the degrees in which the Earth's axis is tilted
What is 23.5 degrees
All planets orbit around the Sun in this shape
What is elliptical/oval
The South Pole has the greatest number of hours of sunlight when the South Pole is angled this direction in relation to the Sun (toward, away, neither)
What is toward the sun. (Summer)
Referencing the different phases of the moon, the term "waxing" means
What is the moon is gaining illumination day by day
The further a planet is from the sun, the _____________ its orbit
What is longer and/or slower
Earth’s position when the lengths of day and night are equal are called this term
What is an equinox
The phase of the moon where the side of the moon we see is fully illuminated is called...
What is full moon
What is the process by which heat/light energy from the sun is transferred to a tree.
What is photosynthesis
The following planets are known as the ___________ plants: Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Saturn
What is Jovian/gas/gaseous planets or gas giants
This movement describes how the rotational axis of the Earth slowly traces out a cone shape.
What is precession
Draw a diagram showing the position of the Earth relative to the Sun's rays during a winter day in the Northern Hemisphere
What is (picture of the Earth and Sun with the Northern Hemisphere pointed away from the sun)
Draw a diagram that shows how the Sun, Earth, and Moon are arranged in relation to each other and how they move
What is a diagram showing the Earth orbiting around the Sun and the Moon orbiting around the Earth
The Sun generates energy through what type of nuclear reaction (fusion or fission) and what element is made?
What is fusion and He (H making He)