24/04/2024 The SOLAR System Part 3

Question 1

There is an imaginary line passing through the centre of the earth between the south and north polls what is this called?

Answer 1

The axis

Question 2

As planets orbit (move around ) the sun, it spins on there what?

Answer 2

There axis

Question 3

A what is the time it takes for a planet to complete one whole spin on its axis?

Answer 3

A day

Question 4

The earth spins what direction on its axis and an earth day is 24 hours?

Answer 4

Anti clockwise

Question 5

The rotation of the earth that causes us to experience day and night in the span of how many hours?

Answer 5

24 hours

Question 6

Observation: As the earth spins, the sun appears to move across the sky in a semi circular path; rising in the east and setting in the what?

Answer 6

West

Question 7

It is what time in the Uk when our part of the planet is lit by the sun and is night in the Uk when our planet is what from the sun

Answer 7

Daytime, facing away

Question 8

Seasons: A planet year is the time it takes to complete one full orbit around the what?

Answer 8

Sun

Question 9

The earth goes once around the sun in one earth year which takes how long?

Answer 9

365 1/4 days

Question 10

The earth spins on its axis which is slightly what?

Answer 10

Tilted