Science Ch. 13 Flashcards
The______ is the star at the center of our solar system.
Sun
Earth’s ______ is an imaginary line that passes through the North and South Poles.
Axis
The cycle of d ay and night occurs because Earth ______, or spins on its axis.
Rotates
Each ______ represents one of the hours in the day.
Time zones
If you travels _____ from one time zone to the next, the times becomes one hour later.
East
If you travel _____ from one time zone into another , the time becomes on e hour earlier.
West
The ______ is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean .
International Date line
If you go_____ across the International Date Line you’ll into the next day.
West
The seasonal changes are a result of the _____ of the Earth’s axis.
Tilt
Travels in a path around the sun is called______.
Revolve
The path Earth takes as it revolves is its ______.
Orbit
One orbit takes about _____ days.
365
The _____ is the imaginary line going all the way around Earth halfway from the North and south Poles.
equator
The day when the amount of daylight is the greatest is called ____.
summer solstice
The day with the least amount of day light is called the _______.
Winter solstice
The days when the daylight and darkness are about equal are called the ______.
Equinoxes
A _____ is any natural body that revolves around a planet.
Moon
A _____ is a low, bowl- shaped are on a surface of a planet or a moon.
crater
There is no ____, _____, and _____ on the moon.
Erosion, water ,and almost no atmosphere.
The side of the moon that we could not see is called the____.
Dark side
Why does the moon seems to give off its own light?
…. because sun light reflects on the moon.
A _____ is on of the shapes the moon seems to have as it orbits Earth.
Moon phase
The cycle phases of the moon takes _____.
29 1/2 Earth’s days
An ______ occurs when body in space blocks the light from reaching another body in space.
Eclipse