Earths Motion

Question 1

Suns core temp.

Answer 1

Over 15,000,000 degrees Celsius
Reaching temperatures of 5,600 degrees Celsius
Small part of this energy reaches earth as light and thermal energy

Question 2

Orbits

Answer 2

Follows a path

Question 3

Due to what does the Earth orbit around the sun every 365.24 days

Answer 3

Gravitational pull

Question 4

Rotates

Answer 4

Spins on its rotational axis

Question 5

Why do different parts of the earth receive different amounts of sunlight

Answer 5

Because the earth is curved

Question 6

Ellipse

Answer 6

Elongated closed curve

Question 7

What causes the seasons

Answer 7

The tilt of earths rotation axis combined w/ earths motion around the sun

Question 8

What causes the Suns radiation to strike the atmosphere at different angles

Answer 8

Earths tilt

Question 9

Solstice

Answer 9

Day when earths rotation axis is mostly towards or away from the sun
June(summer) 20/21
Dec( winter)21/22

Question 10

Equinox

Answer 10

Day when earths rotation is neither towards nor away from the sun
March(spring) 20/21
Sept(fall) 22/23