The Earth & the Sun Flashcards
Where does the Sun rise?
The East
Where does the Sun set?
The West
What causes the sunrise & sunset
The earth moving around the sun
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https://youtu.be/XsmShFLTTI4
How long does it take for the Earth to ORBIT the sun
365 days
How long does it take for the Earth to spin on it’s own axis?
24 hours
What is another name for spinning on it’s own axis?
Rotation
At which angle is the earth tilted?
23.5 Deg
What causes night and day?
The Rotation of the Earth
Why do we have different seasons?
Because Earth receives different amounts of heat and light during the year.
Explain what causes the different seasons?
The Earth moves around the Sun.
The orbit of the Earth is oval.
At certain times of the year Earth is further or closer to the sun.
When
Earth is closer to the Sun it is warmer. When it is further away, it is cooler.
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https://youtu.be/KUU7IyfR34o
What do we call one full orbit around the Sun?
One full orbit around the sun is one revolution
What is the force that causes the Earth to revolve around the Sun?
The Earth revolves around the Sun because of gravity!
Why do we have LEAP year?
Because the Earth really rotates 365 ¼ times during each revolution.
The calendar always has 365 days.
After every 4 years, the earth has made one extra rotation.
Therefore one extra day is added to the month of February once in every four years forming a leap year with 366 days.
Complete the following sentence:
The SUN is a ………..at the centre of our solar system.
STAR
Here is a clever acronym to remember th planets:
My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets.
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
Aaaah shame…what happened to Pluto
Pluto was too small to be a planet. So today, Pluto is no longer considered to be one of the major planets. It is a dwarf planet.
