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The Sun
Equinox and Solstice
Mixed
100
Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter
What are the four seasons?
100
How many degrees is Earth's axis tilted?
What is 23.5 degrees?
100
Type of rays that occur when the sun hits exactly/perfectly on the Earth.
What are direct?
100
The vernal equinox occurs in the fall...True or False?
What is false?
100
The direction that Earth travels around the sun
What is counterclockwise?
200
Seasons are caused by the _____ of the earth as it orbits the sun
What is tilt?
200
The number of seasons we experience in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is 4?
200
The amount of "this" is always around 12 hours at the equator.
What is daylight?
200
The two equinoxes occur when THIS is directly above the equator
What is the Sun?
200
When it is fall in the Southern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Northern Hemisphere?
What is spring?
300
What is the line of latitude that is located at 0 degrees and runs through the center of the earth?
What is the equator?
300
Number of days it takes the earth to revolve around the sun and experience all four seasons.
What is 365 1/4 days?
300
Earth's orbit around the sun is nearly ______ (what shape)
What is circular?
300
What is the LONGEST day of the year that occurs on June 21st known as?
What is the summer solstice?
300
The ____ of an object when outside is a similar size during both spring and fall.
What is a shadow?
400
The name for the lines that run up and down on the earth and are located east and west of the Prime Meridian.
What are lines of longitude?
400
The day that the autumnal or fall equinox occurs in the Northern Hemisphere
What is September 21st or 22nd?
400
In the Northern Hemisphere, in which season are the days the shortest, because we are tipped further away from the sun
What is winter?
400
Equinoxes or Solstices...The sun reaches its highest and lowest points in relation to the equator on these two days of the year.
What are solstices?
400
How many months does each season last approximately?
What is 3?
500
The technical name for the North Star that aligns Earth's axis
What is polaris?
500
This date in July is when Earth is located FARTHEST from the sun is known as Aphelion.
What is July 4th?
500
The word for when Earth is located CLOSEST to the sun in the winter on January 3rd (opposite of aphelion)
What is perihelion?
500
This word means "spring" when relating to equinoxes
What is vernal?
500
In the winter in Illinois, the sun is ____ in the sky than in the summer
What is lower?