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Earth's Relationship to Sun & Moon (S4.D.3.1) 9/1/2022

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1. The rotation of Earth on its axis causes _______ and _______. The revolution of the Earth around the sun causes the ______.
A Seasons, Day & Night
B Day & Night, Seasons
How would the seasons be different if the Earth was tilted the other way?
The seasons would be shorter
The seasons on the would be opposite what they are now.
What will happen to the number of daylight hours if the Earth’s rotation increased? Decreased?
Increased rotation = longer days, Decreased rotation = shorter days
Increased rotation = shorter days because the Earth is spinning faster, Decreased rotation = longer days because Earth is spinnign faster.
In the diagram above, what season is it in North America?
A Winter
B Summer
Look at the diagram of the seasons above. We live in the ______________hemisphere, and the Northern hemisphere is on __________.
A Southern Hemisphere, top
B Northern Hemisphere, top
Look at the angle of sunlight in these pictures. Why is it hotter in summer?
In the summer, Earth is closer to the sun.
In the summer the light from the sun hits the Earth more directly.
The northern hemisphere is experiencing what season?
summer
winter
Where would there be more than 10 hours of daylight?
Equator
Northern Hemisphere
Look at the images of the seasons. FInd the northern hemisphere (top half of the Earth). WInter is on the right in one picture but on the left in the other. WHY? Look closely :-)
The Earth gets more direct light int he winter.
The TILT of Earth's AXIS has been changed.
Look at the diagram. Earth's Rotation causes ______________ and Revolution causes the _________________.
Rotation = Seasons, Revolution =Day & Night
Rotation = Day & Night, Revolution = Seasons
The moon has eight different ______________ (shapes).
phases
sizes
colors
The moon does not make it's own light. Instead it is lit up in the sky because of the __________.
Earth
Sun
We always see a different side (or face) of the moon.
True
False
When the moon is a new moon, we see....
a crescent shape
the full moon
nothing
When the moon is at first quarter or third quarter, we see ___________ of the face of the moon.
all
half
The moon orbits the Earth once every _______________.
two weeks
year
month
It takes Earth about 365 days to make one _____________________ around the sun, but only 24 hours to make one _________________________ on its axis. This is equal to about a year.
revolution; rotation
rotation; revolution