space Flashcards
(41 cards)
the axis of the earth is not ____ it is tilted at an angle of _____
upright, 23.5 degrees
the tilted axis on the earth means that we get ______ _____ ___ ____
seasons throughout the year
the equator is…
an imaginary line that runs through the middle of the earth. It divides the earth into 2 halves, the Northern and Southern Hemisphere
as the earth turns…
past of the earth moves around from the shadows of the sun into the light of the sun
although the earth is turning around…
to us, it looks like the sun is moving
we see the sunrise in the ___ and set by twilight in the _____, during the night we see ____ moving in the same way
day, night, stars
the lower the sun…
the longer the shadow
when the sun is higher…
it means its summer
when the sun is lower…
it means it’s winter
shadows change in lengh over the period…
of a day
shadows are in different positions depending on the…
sun’s inclination (the position of the sun in relation to Earth)
earth is the ____ planet away from the sun
3rd
earth travels around the sun once every ____ ____
365.25 days
an astronomical year is ____
365.25 days
the path of the earth’s orbit is…
elliptical (squashed down)
what makes seasons?
the earth tilted axis, and that when the earth is at one position around the sun the Northern Hemisphere leans towards it
the more indirect the sunbeam…
the more sunlight
what season is it for the hemisphere that gets direct sunlight
summer
the sun rays are concentrated around…
the equator- more of them are focused over a small area
when the curvature of the earth leans towards the sun…
the suns rays are slightly more concentrated than where the curvature leans away from the sun
the sun is lower in the sky in winter as…
the earth is tilted away from it
the sun is higher in the sky in summer as…
the earth is tilted towards it
the moon is earths only natural satellite which is…
an object that orbits a planet
it takes ___ days for the moon to orbit the earth
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