Day & Night
Time
The Seasons
Earth's Orbit
Potpourri
100

If it's daytime for you, you are facing this.

The sun!

100

If you don't have a clock, what can you use to help you tell what time it is?

THE SUN!

100

The length of shadows is shortest in this season.

Summer!

100

It takes about this long for the earth to orbit the sun one time.

365 days / 1 year!

100

Besides Spanish, what language is largely spoken in South America?

Portuguese

200

If it is nighttime for you, you are facing this direction.

Away from the sun!

200

One day on earth has this many hours.

24!

200

The length of shadows is longest in this season.

Winter!

200

Mr. T was born in late July so this is Mr. T's star sign.

Leo the Lion!

200

How many baseball players are on a team?

9

300

We experience night and day because earth does this.

Rotates each day!

300

If it is 12:00 PM in Orange, what time is it in New York?

3:00 PM!

300

When we are having spring in the Northern Hemisphere, our friends in the Southern Hemisphere (South America, Australia, etc.) are having this season.

FALL/Autumn! 

300

Can you see each constellation all year long? 

NO!

300

What was the first James Bond movie?

Dr. No (1962)

400

It takes this many hours for the earth to spin 3 times.

72 hours!

400

You live in this time zone.

The Pacific Time Zone!

400

This is the direction the sun sets at night.

The East!

400

What's the difference between earth's rotation and earth's orbit?

Earth orbits, or travels around the sun once a year. It spins, or rotates on its axis once a day (24 hours)

400

When was the first email address created?

1971!

500

On planet Super-Slo it takes 75 hours for the planet to rotate halfway. How long is one day on Super-Slo?

150 hours!

500

This is the timezone the world uses as a single, unified time.

UTC / GMT

Universal Coordinated Time / Greenwich Mean Time

500

You just made your own sun clock. You look at it at 5:00 PM, then you check it again at 7:00 PM. The sun sets at 7:23. 

When were the shadows longest, at 5:00 PM or 7:00 PM?

7:00 PM!

500

Why are you not able to see each constellation all year long? 

Because the earth is orbiting the sun, and at night we see a slightly different part of space as we orbit the sun!

500

A group of fish is a school, a group of sheep is a flock, what is a group of crows?

A MURDER!