Science Unit 4 Lesson 1+2

Question 1

Rotation

Answer 1

the spin of a body on its axis

Question 1

Orbit

Answer 1

the path that a body follows around another body in space.

Question 2

Revolution

Answer 2

one complete trip along an orbit

Question 3

Axis

Answer 3

imaginry line connecting the North and South Pole

Earth Rottes in a countercolckwise dierection about the axis

Question 4

Axial Tilt

Answer 4

the earth axis is tilted at 23.5 degrees

Question 5

The earth - on its- once every -

Answer 5

rotates, axis, 24 hours

Question 6

The earth - the sun once every- to complete one

Answer 6

orbit, 365.25 days, revolution

Question 7

What causes the Earth to have day and night

Answer 7

Rotation

Question 8

The number of hours of daylight and intensity fo the sunlight a place receices

Answer 8

vary in a perdictable pattern
depends on how far north of south of the equator the place is

Question 9

The earth - is the reason fro teh Earth expirecing changing seasons

Answer 9

Axial tilt

Question 10

Equinox

Answer 10

The time when the sun is directly above the euator

Both hemishperes reecive the same amount of time
Daytime hour=Nighttime hours

Question 11

Solstice

Answer 11

the time when the sunis farthest north or south of the equaotor