world geography

Question 1

the universe is always _______

Answer 1

expanding

Question 2

t/f

the universe includes all planets in space

Answer 2

true

Question 3

space is filled with stars, which make up _____

Answer 3

galaxies

Question 4

stars together

Answer 4

galaxy

Question 5

the galaxy that we live in is called the _____

Answer 5

Milky Way

Question 6

our most visible star is ______

Answer 6

the Sun

Question 7

our planets orbit the _____

Answer 7

Sun

Question 8

what 2 groups are the planets separated into

Answer 8

inner(terrestrial)

outer(gas)

Question 9

name the inner planets

Answer 9

mercury
venus
earth
mars
{smaller planets}

Question 10

name the outer planets

Answer 10

Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
{larger planets}

Question 11

what does Au stand for

Answer 11

Astronomical unit

Question 12

what is astronomical unit

Answer 12

distance from the earth to the sun

Question 13

1 Au= ___ miles

Answer 13

93 million

Question 14

the earth is about ___ smaller than the Sun

Answer 14

100x

Question 15

the ___ is an average star

Answer 15

Sun

Question 16

the sun stores ___ energy

Answer 16

solar

Question 17

earth is ___ miles wide

Answer 17

8,000

Question 18

earth has ___ moon(s)

Answer 18

one

Question 19

the moon is ____ miles away from Earth

Answer 19

240,000

Question 20

the_______ orbits around us every 29.5 days

Answer 20

moon

Question 21

a leap year happens every ___ years

Answer 21

4

Question 22

it takes earth ____ days to orbit Sun

Answer 22

365 1/4

Question 23

the force that works between the sun earth and the moon

Answer 23

gravity

Question 24

_____is our moon

Answer 24

Luna

Question 25

what is the reason that we have day and night

Answer 25

we are rotating

Question 26

Earth sits on a ____

Answer 26

axis

Question 27

Earth rotates on _____

Answer 27

its axis

Question 28

the Earth rotates and ____

Answer 28

revolves

Question 29

how long does one complete spin of the earth on its axis

Answer 29

24 hours

Question 30

the earth rotates in a ___ to ____ direction

Answer 30

west to east

Question 31

what does 1/4 do every 4 years

Answer 31

makes a leap year

Question 32

the Earth is tilted ____

Answer 32

23.5 degrees

Question 33

tilt causes the north/south poles to be pointed towards or away from the ___ as its ____

Answer 33

sun | rotating

Question 34

what causes us to have seasons

Answer 34

tilt

Question 35

different points on earth get different amounts of ______

Answer 35

solar energy

Question 36

warm, low latitude areas

Answer 36

tropics

Question 37

cold, high latitude areas

Answer 37

polar regions

Question 38

which season has long days

Answer 38

winter

Question 39

what season has long days

Answer 39

summer

Question 40

what seasons have distributions of sunlight

Answer 40

fall | spring

Question 41

tropics are ___ most of the time

Answer 41

warm

Question 42

tropics have ___ seasons

Answer 42

alternating wet/dry seasons

Question 43

tilt causes the north and south hemispheres to have____ seasons at the _____

Answer 43

opposite | same time

Question 44

what does equinoxes mean

Answer 44

equal notes

Question 45

when do equinoxes occur

Answer 45

when the poles are pointed toward or away from the sun

Question 46

when are the 2 solistes

Answer 46

December 21 | June 21

Question 47

dec. solstice-northern hemisphere

Answer 47

shortest day | first day of winter

Question 48

dec. solistice-southern hemipshere

Answer 48

longest day | first day of summer

Question 49

in the December solstics, anything ___ the artic circle gets no sunlight

Answer 49

below

Question 50

anything below the antarctic circle gets ______ during the December solstice

Answer 50

24 hours of sunlight

Question 51

june solstice-northern hemisphere

Answer 51

longest day | first day of summer

Question 52

june solstice-southern hemisphere

Answer 52

shortest | first day of winter

Question 53

in June solstice, arctic circle gets ____

Answer 53

24 hours on sunlight

Question 54

in June solstice, antarctic circle will get _____

Answer 54

24 hours of no sunlight

Question 55

when are the 2 equinoxes

Answer 55

march 21 | sept 22

Question 56

march equinoxe-n.h.

Answer 56

spring

Question 57

march equinoxe-s.h.

Answer 57

fall

Question 58

sept equinoxe-n.h.

Answer 58

fall

Question 59

sept equinoxe-s.h.

Answer 59

spring

Question 60

the universe is made up of _______

Answer 60

all existing things