Definitions

Question 1

Axis

Answer 1

An imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth on which it spins

Question 2

Eclipse

Answer 2

When a celestial object gets between two other celestial objects, hence blocking the passage of the sun’s rays

Question 3

Equinox

Answer 3

That time of the year when the sun’s rays are directly over the equator, causing places at or near the equator to have 12 hours of darkness and 12 hours of light

Question 4

Hemisphere

Answer 4

The term used to describe the section of the earth when an imaginary line cuts it in half

Question 5

Lunar eclipse

Answer 5

When the sun earth and moon form a straight line whereby the Earth is casting a shadow onto the moon

Question 6

Oblate Ellipsoid

Answer 6

The term used to describe the shape of the earth, whereby it is widest at the equator and getting smaller and flatter as one reaches the poles

Question 7

Revolution

Answer 7

The time taken for the Earth to go around the sun once along a designated path, usually 365 1/4 days

Question 8

Rotation

Answer 8

The time taken for the Earth to make one complete turn on its axis usually 24 hours

Question 9

Sidereal month

Answer 9

The time taken for the moon to complete one journey Around the Earth, usually 27 days seven hours and 41 minutes

Question 10

Solar eclipse

Answer 10

When the sun moon and earth for a straight line so that the moon blocks the suns rays from reaching earth and the moon cast the shadow onto the earths surface

Question 11

Solstice

Answer 11

That time of the year, when the sun reaches its maximum angle of inclination over the tropics and changes direction either Northward or Southward