Vocabulary Words
This vocabulary word is an imaginary line around which Earth rotates.
Axis
True or false, if someone is standing in the south pole they feel like they're upside down.
False
Which direction does the sun set?
How many days are in a year?
365
How often do leap years happen? (number)
Every 4 years
This vocabulary word is a pattern of stars that forms an imaginary picture of design in the sky.
What does it mean to "fall down"
Gravity is pulling us to the center of Earth
Which way does the sun rise?
East
How many seasons are in a year?
4
What day is added to the calendar during a leap year?
February 29th
What vocabulary word is one half of Earth?
Hemisphere
Gravity
True or false: The time of day is different in america than it is in New Zealand.
True
How long does it take the Earth to go around the sun one time.
1 Year
How many days are in a year during a leap year?
366 Days
What vocabulary word means the turning of Earth on its axis?
Rotation
True or false: The Earth is flat
False
How many hours are in the day?
24
Draw what a full moon look like
It should be a circle (moon) filled all the way in.
True or false: Leap years can only happen if the year is divisable by 4. (Example 2004 is divisible by 4)
True
What is the vocabulary word that means the path of one object in space around another object?
Orbit
Give 1 way to prove that the Earth is round and not flat.
1. If someone was standing on a building they could see more than a person on the ground.
2. Sailboat coming out of the water.
3. Any other answer that makes sense.
12 hours from 7:15 am would be what time?
7:15 PM
How long does it take for the moon to go from one full moon to the next?
About 30 days (or 1 month)
If someone was born on February 29th, 2004 how old would they be on February 29th, 2008?
4