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2. Question Column 1-100 How long does it take for the Earth to make one rotation? Which direction does the earth rotate?

3. Answer Column 1-100 24 hours or 1 day Rotates-Counterclockwise

4. Question Column 1-200 How long does it take the Earth to make one revolution? Which direction does the earth revolve around the sun?

5. Answer Column 1-200 365 days or 1 year The Earth revolves around the sun Counterclockwise

6. Question Column 1-300 The earth revolves around what?

7. Answer Column 1-300 Sun

8. Question Column 1-400 Why do the moon and the Sun appear move across the sky?

9. Answer Column 1-400 The Earth rotates and is spinning on its axis.

10. Question Column 1-500 The Earth is tilted at 23.5 degrees. How does that make Earth a unique or special planet? The tilt of the axis causes ____________.

11. Answer Column 1-500 It allows for the changing seasons

12. Question Column 2-100 Name the seasons in order beginning with summer?

13. Answer Column 2-100 Summer, fall, winter, spring

14. Question Column 2-200 Arrows on the Earth’s orbit represent what?

15. Answer Column 2-200 The revolution or movement of the Earth.

16. Question Column 2-300 If it is fall and the Earth revolves for 1 year, what season will it be?

17. Answer Column 2-300 fall

18. Question Column 2-400 Describe the orientation of the Northern Hemisphere in the winter and summer.

19. Answer Column 2-400 Summer – Northern Hemp. Is angled toward the sun. Direct sunlight Winter – Northern Hemp. Is angled away from the sun. Indirect sunlight

20. Question Column 2-500 What 2 things cause the seasons?

21. Answer Column 2-500 1.Tilt of the Earth 2. the Revolution around the sun.

22. Question Column 3-100 What causes a shadow?

23. Answer Column 3-100 Objects that block the sun’s rays from hitting the Earth Earth is rotating

24. Question Column 3-200 When are the shadows the shortest? When are shadows the longest?

25. Answer Column 3-200 Mid Day- shortest Early morning (dawn) and evening (dusk)- Longest

26. Question Column 3-300 Explain the altitude of the sun in the summer? Explain the altitude of the sun in the winter? What do you know about their shadows?

27. Answer Column 3-300 Winter- Altitude is lower-Longer Shadow Summer- Altitude is higher- shorter shadow

28. Question Column 3-400 Why do the size of shadows change? Give a specific example of the length and direction of a shadow change

29. Answer Column 3-400 Rotation of the Earth Sun in East- Shadow in West Sun in East 8 AM shadow long in West Sun in West-Shadow in West Sun in West 2 PM- Shadow is Shorter in East

30. Question Column 3-500 If you had a 3 meter pole and you placed one on the equator and one in your backyard in Solon, which pole will have a longer shadow at 7 AM on June 22? Why?

31. Answer Column 3-500 The pole in Solon will be longer because the sun’s rays are at a lower angle.

32. Question Column 4-100 Name a characteristic of the Earth

33. Answer Column 4-100 Answers will vary

34. Question Column 4-200 What would happen if the earth stopped revolving?

35. Answer Column 4-200 We would experience the same season.

36. Question Column 4-300 What 3 things does the Earth’s atmosphere do for the Earth?

37. Answer Column 4-300 Protects us from the sun’s harmful rays, traps in heat, allows us to breathe, protects from falling debris

38. Question Column 4-400 What is the largest and closest star to us?

39. Answer Column 4-400 The Sun

40. Question Column 4-500 What part of the Earth receives the most direct sunlight? What part of the Earth receives the least?

41. Answer Column 4-500 The Equator receives the most direct The north and south poles receive the least.

42. Question Column 5-100 If it is summer in Australia (southern hemisphere), what season will it be in China (northern hemisphere)?

43. Answer Column 5-100 winter

44. Question Column 5-200 As the angle and altitude of the sun’s rays become higher in the sky, what happens to the temperature?

45. Answer Column 5-200 Warmer temps.

46. Question Column 5-300 What city in the United States would have the least intense sunlight on New Year’s Day? Boston, Miami, Houston, Los Angeles

47. Answer Column 5-300 Boston

48. Question Column 5-400 What causes the planets to orbit the Sun?

49. Answer Column 5-400 Gravity

50. Question Column 5-500 During which season does the sun’s angle cover the most area? Draw the sun’s rays.

51. Answer Column 5-500 Winter – showing a low angle.

52. Explain the difference between rotation and revolution.

53. Rotation is the Earth Spinning on its Axis and it causes Day and Night Revolution- Is the Earth Moving Around the Sun- Is One Reasons WE have Seasons