The core of the sun is where nuclear _______ takes place.
Fusion
Of the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice: the day when it will stay light out longer.
Summer Solstice - It is the day that the earth is tipped the MOST toward the sun, so it is the longest day of the year.
The time it takes the earth to spin once on its axis.
24 hours (one day)
Waxing light is on the _________.
Right!
The reason the sun APPEARS to be moving across our sky.
The spinning (rotation) of the earth.
The ______ of the earth is what makes summer days hotter than winter days.
tilt
When it is winter in Australia, it is ________ in Ohio.
Summer
The moon's _________ causes the tides to move here on earth.
Gravitational pull
Direct sunlight is hotter and brighter than ___________ sunlight.
Indirect
The number of degrees the earth is tilted.
23.5
The day with the shortest photoperiod (amount of daylight) is the ______________.
Winter Solstice
Name this moon phase.
Waxing Crescent
The Photosphere is the layer of the sun we ______ from earth.
See!
These are the names of the two Solstices.
Summer & Winter
These are the names of the two Equinoxes.
Spring & Fall
Name this moon phase.
Waning Gibbous.