Science Earth

Question 1

Sphere

Answer 1

a round solid figure, or its surface, a celestial body

Question 2

Gravity

Answer 2

Force and attraction between two objects with mass

Question 3

Hemisphere

Answer 3

Half of a sphere

Question 4

Equator

Answer 4

Horizontal line running around the center of the earth at 0 degrees latitude

Question 5

Prime Meridian

Answer 5

Vertical line running from the north pole to the south pole at 0 degrees.
longitude. Runs through Greenwich, England

Question 6

International Date Line

Answer 6

Vertical line running from north pole to south pole at 180 degrees
longitude. (Approximately- Zig-zag around countries)

Question 7

Latitude

Answer 7

Horizontal lines going around earth, from east to west, lines are north of equator or south of the equator.

Question 8

Longitude

Answer 8

vertical lines running east and west from prime meridian to the international line prime meridian=0 degrees

Question 9

Rotation

Answer 9

Earth spinning around its tilted axis.

Question 10

Revolution

Answer 10

The motion of earth revolving around the sun, it takes 365.25 days to make a full revelution

Question 11

Coriolis Effect

Answer 11

wind and ocean currents bending

Question 12

New Moon

Answer 12

When the moon is between the sun and the earth and it is completely dark

Question 13

Gibbous

Answer 13

Most of the moon is lit up.

Question 13

Crescent

Answer 13

a sliver of the moon is lit up

Question 13

Waxing

Answer 13

Getting bigger, (Think MAXING).

Question 14

Waning

Answer 14

Getting smaller

Question 15

How Earth got its shape

Answer 15

It is big enough to have a sphere shape. The size has to be 200 kilometers to get to the potato radius

Question 16

Describe Earth’s Rotation

Answer 16

Earth rotates on its tilted axis, it takes 23.5 hours to have a full rotation

Question 17

Describe how rotation causes the coriolis effect

Answer 17

when the earth rotates it makes the wind and ocean bend the same way it is rotating

Question 18

What does the coriolis effect do to storms on the planet

Answer 18

makes the storms spin

Question 19

Describe Earth’s Revolution

Answer 19

the earth orbiting the sun.

Question 20

Describe how the revolution of the Earth causes the seasons

Answer 20

Earth is tilted on its axis and some of earth has sun and other parts have less light. More light = warmer weather

Question 21

Describe how the seasons are different in the northern and southern hemisphere

Answer 21

If it is summer in the northern hemisphere it is winter in the southern hemisphere, and if it is summer in the southern hemisphere it is winter in the northern hemisphere

Question 22

Describe the phases of the moon and what causes them

Answer 22

the moon phases change depending how the sun, earth and moon are placed. The phases are new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, and waning crescent