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100
The seasons in the Polar Climate Zone.
What are light and dark?
100
The only star in our Solar System.
What is the Sun?
100
Earth's seasons are caused by this
What is the tilt of the Earth on its axis?
100
Earth is which planet from the sun?
What is the third?
100
The first three planets from the sun, in order.
What are Mercury, Venus, and Earth.
200
The seasons in the tropical climate zone
What are wet and dry?
200
Some stars appear smaller than the sun because of this.
What is they are much farther away?
200
We receive the fewest amount of direct rays from the sun during this season.
What is winter?
200
It takes this long for Earth to revolve around the sun.
What is 365 days?
200
A frozen ball of gas and dust particles.
What is a comet?
300
The temperate climate zone experiences these seasons?
What are winter, spring, summer, and autumn?
300
The pattern of stars we see at night appear to change as a result of this
What is the movement of the Earth?
300
During this season, the sun appears higher in the sky and we experience longer hours of daylight.
What is summer?
300
This determines the length of one day on Earth.
What is the time it takes Earth to rotate on its axis.
300
This is the center of our Solar System.
What is the Sun?
400
The tropical climate zone is located between what?
What are the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?
400
The Sun's gravitational pull is caused by this
What is its mass?
400
In the northern hemisphere, day and night are the same length on these days.
What are the autumn equinox and the spring equinox?
400
The sun rise in the east is evidence that Earth rotates in which direction?
What is counterclockwise?
400
The ball of ice and dust that is visible from Earth every 75 years.
What is Haley's Comet?
500
What weather hazard would you expect during the rainy season in the tropical climate zone?
What is a monsoon?
500
Earth is approximately this distance from the sun
What is 90-95 million miles?
500
What is the day that the Northern Hemisphere experiences the longest amount of sunlight?
What is the Summer Solstice?
500
The Earth is tilted this many degrees on its axis.
What is 23.5?
500
This causes our Earth and other objects to orbit the sun
What is a gravitational force?