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Vocabulary
100

The direction found on the right side of all compasses.

What is east?

100

The person who first came up with the idea of gravity.

Who is Isaac Newton?

100

During this moon phase, we can see no light from the moon.

What is a "new moon"?

100
This is how the sun's rays strike the Earth in the summer.
What is "directly"?
100

The word that describes "Half of Earth"

What is a "Hemisphere"?

200

This imaginary line goes through the center of the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole.

What is the "axis"?

200

One of two things that can change the strength of gravity.

What is distance or mass?

200
This occurs when the moon moves between the sun and the Earth, blocking some the the sun's light.
What is a "solar eclipse"?
200
It takes this long for the Earth to complete on full rotation.
What is 24 hours?
200

This word describes the Earth spinning.

What is "rotating"?

300
The imaginary line horizontally around the middle of the Earth.
What is the "equator"?
300
The planet that you would weigh the most on in our solar system. (And experience the highest gravitational pull)

What is Jupiter?

300

This causes the Earth's seasons.

What is the tilt of the Earth's axis?

300

The term for when the length of day and night are most different.

What is solstice?

300
As we see less and less of the lit part of the moon, we say that it is doing this.
What is "waning"?
400

When it is winter in North America, it is this season in Australia.

What is "summer"?

400

This planet experiences the highest gravitational pull FROM THE SUN.

What is Mercury?

400
It takes this long for the moon to revolve completely around the Earth.
What is 29 days or about a month?
400
The sun appears higher in the sky during this time of year because of the tilt of the earth.
What is "summer"?
400

The word that describes the day of the year where the amount of light and dark are equal.

What is equinox?

500

The name of the 0 degree line of longitude?

What is the Prime Meridian?

500

Gravity from the moon changes this about our oceans every day.

What are tides?

500
The moon affects this part of the Earth, changing it daily on our beaches.
What is the "ocean tide"?
500
We have this special day every 4 years in February because it takes the Earth 365 and 1/4 days to revolve around the sun.
What is "Leap Year Day"?
500

The name for the darkest part of a shadow

What is Umbra?