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science part 1
astronomy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is term for earth spinning on its axis? | earth's rotation |
| what is the term for the earth moving around the sun? | earth's revolution |
| how long does it take earth to completely rotate? | 24 hours or 1 day |
| how long does it take the earth to complete one revolution? | 365 1/4 days or 1 year |
| how mant times does earth rotate during one revolution? | 365 times |
| why does earth have day and night? | Because of Earth's rotation |
| what is the term fot the path Earth takes to revolve around the sun? | Earth's orbit |
| how long is Earth's orbit? | 365 days or 1 year |
| why do we have seasons? | because Earth is tilted on is axis |
| which hemisphere do we live in? | Northern Hemisphere |
| how can we tell which season the earth is in? | By veiwing the Earths tilt |
| if the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun which season will it be expirencing? | summer |
| if the if the northern hemisphere is experiencing summer which season will the southern hemisphere be expirencing? | winter |
| if neither hemisphere is tilted towards the sun which season (s) will they be expirencing? | spring and fall |
| if the southen hemisphere in experincing fall what will it be in the northern | spring |
| what day has the most amount fo daylight? | summer solistic |
| what day has the seast amount of daylight? | winter solistic |
| which days of the year have the same amount of daylight and night? | equinoixes |
| which month is the summer solistic? | june |
| which month is the winter solstice? | december |
| which month is the veneral equniox? | march |
| which month is the autumnal equniox? | september |
| where does the moon get its light? | the sun |
| how much of the sun is always lit? | half |
| why does the moon appear to change shape? | the moon goes around the sun and we only see the part that is lit |
| what are the two eclipse? | solor and lunar |
| which is the eclipse when the moon comes between the earth and the sun? | solor |
| which is the eclipse when the moon moves into the earths shadow? | lunar |
| which moon phase is during a solor eclipse? | new |
| which moon phase is during a luner eclipse? | full |