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200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 Characteristics of Earth Reasons for the Seasons Name That Motion The Moon Stars
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Question Column 1-100 As the Sun gets higher in the sky, the shadows get...
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Answer Column 1-100 shorter.
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Question Column 1-200 Which direction does the Earth rotate?
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Answer Column 1-200 (in the opposite direction a clock moves) Counterclockwise
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Question Column 1-300 The Earth is which planet from the sun?
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Answer Column 1-300 The Earth is the third planet from the Sun.
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Question Column 1-400 The Earth is mostly covered with...
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Answer Column 1-400 water.
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Question Column 1-500 Name a characteristic of Earth the protects us from space debris and acts similar to a greenhouse.
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Answer Column 1-500 The atmosphere.
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Question Column 2-100 Why does the Earth have seasons?
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Answer Column 2-100 Earth has a tilted axis that stays fixed while Earth revolves in its orbital path around the Sun.
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Question Column 2-200 As we move from spring to summer the days become...
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Answer Column 2-200 Longer.
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Question Column 2-300 True/False The reason it is warmer in the summer in the Northern Hemisphere is because the Earth is closer to the sun.
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Answer Column 2-300 False. The real reason is because the North Pole, of Earth is tilted toward the Sun causing longer days and therefore warmer weather.
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Question Column 2-400 What would happen to the seasons if our planet changed from a 23.5 degree tilt to a 0 degree tilt?
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Answer Column 2-400 There would be NO MORE seasons.
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Question Column 2-500 In addition to the tilt of Earth’s axis, what MOTION of Earth causes the seasons?
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Answer Column 2-500 Earth revolves. (this means one mass, such as the Earth, goes around another mass, such as the Sun)
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Question Column 3-100 What is the motion that takes Earth 24 hours or one day to complete causing day on half of Earth and night on the other half?
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Answer Column 3-100 Rotation!!! (spinning on an axis like a TOP)
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Question Column 3-200 What is the motion that happens when the Earth travels around the Sun?
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Answer Column 3-200 Revolution.
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Question Column 3-300 Which motions causes the direction of your shadow to change?
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Answer Column 3-300 The rotation of Earth.
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Question Column 3-400 What is the motion that takes the Earth 365 days or one year to complete?
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Answer Column 3-400 Revolution.
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Question Column 3-500 Why do the Sun and Moon APPEAR to move across the sky from our point-of-view on Earth?
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Answer Column 3-500 Rotation. (the Earth spinning on its axis)
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Question Column 4-100 The Moon revolves in its orbital path around...
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Answer Column 4-100 the Earth.
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Question Column 4-200 It takes how long for the Moon to make one revolution around the Earth?
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Answer Column 4-200 About one month (27/28 days)
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Question Column 4-300 It takes the Moon how long to make one rotation?
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Answer Column 4-300 About one month (27/28 days)
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Question Column 4-400 What do we call the phase of the moon when we do not see it in the sky?
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Answer Column 4-400 A new Moon.
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Question Column 4-500 What is our evidence that the Moon is revolving in its orbital path around the Earth?
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Answer Column 4-500 The phases of the Moon.
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Question Column 5-100 True/False All the stars are the same.
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Answer Column 5-100 False.
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Question Column 5-200 What is the name of our star?
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Answer Column 5-200 The Sun.
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Question Column 5-300 Why does the Sun appear larger than the other stars?
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Answer Column 5-300 It appears larger than the other stars because it is the closest start to our planet, Earth.
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Question Column 5-400 Why do the other stars in the sky appear smaller and dimmer than our star, the Sun?
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Answer Column 5-400 The other stars in the sky appear smaller and dimmer than our star, the Sun because they are so far away.
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Question Column 5-500 What is the difference between a planet and a star?
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Answer Column 5-500 Stars are huge balls of hot gases that give off their own energy and light. Planets reflect the light of stars and do not give off their own light.
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Answer Column 5-500
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