Rotation Vs Resolution
Gravity
Solstice/Equinox
Hemispheres
Misc.
100
What type of model?
When the sun is in the middle and Earth is orbiting.
Heliocentric
100
What happens to the gravity force between the Sun and Earth if you.....
move the earth and sun away from each other?
decrease
100
What two seasons are a solstice?
Summer and winter
100
What Hemisphere is A?
Northern
100
It takes Mars longer to orbit around the sun than Earth. Why?
Mars is farther away from the sun than earth so it takes longer to travel around it.
200
What is happening at point A?
Revolution
200
What happens to the gravity force between the Sun and Earth if you.....
Increase the mass of the Earth?
Increase
200
What two seasons are an equinox?
Fall and spring
200
What hemisphere is B?
Southern
200
Why do we have time zones?
Earth's rotation
300
What is happening at point B?
Rotation
300
What happens to the gravity force between the Sun and Earth if you.....
move the sun and planet closer together?
Increase
300
What Season is the Northern Hemisphere in U?
Winter
300
What hemisphere is experiencing summer?
B- Southern
300
Name the 3 classifications for Terrestrial planets
Atmosphere (thick or thin)
Surface (Solid or not solid)
Diameter (Large or small)
thin
solid
small
400
Rotation or revolution?
takes 365 days
Revolution
400
What happens to the gravity force between the Sun and Earth if you.....
Decrease the mass of the sun?
Decrease
400
What Season is the Northern Hemisphere in A?
Summer
400
What hemisphere is experiencing winter?
A- Northern
400
Name the 3 classifications for Gas Giants.
Atmosphere (thick or thin)
Surface (Solid or not solid)
Diameter (Large or small)
Thick
Not solid
Large
500
Rotation or revolution?
Causes our days.
Rotation
500
What TWO characteristics that affect the force of gravity?
Mass and Distance
500
What Season is the Northern Hemisphere in T?
Spring
500
When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it is summer in the southern hemisphere. Why?
The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun and the southern hemisphere is then titled towards the sun.
500
What are the 3 factors that create the seasons?
Earth's tilt
Direct and indirect sunlight
position of the earths orbit around the sun