What is it called when the length of day and night is the same?
Equinox
Which line of latitude divides the earth into a northern and southern hemisphere?
Equator
What does the earth's tilt affect the length of?
Day and night
How many days is the moon's revolution around Earth?
27 days
How many degrees is the earth tilted?
23.5 degrees
How many days does it take for the earth to complete one revolution around the sun?
365.25 days
What is geocentric theory?
the Earth is at the center of the solar system and the planets and Sun go around it
In what direction does the Earth revolve around the sun?
West to East / anti-clockwise
What is the imaginary line running through the center of the Earth?
axis
If it is winter in the northern hemisphere, what is it in the southern hemisphere?
summer
How many hours are there in a day?
24
Who is the most famous for pushing heliocentric theory and got in trouble with the Catholic Church?
Galileo Galilei
How many days are in a leap year?
366
What season is it in South Africa when it is summer in Australia?
Summer
Who published a book on heliocentric theory shortly before his death?
Nicholas Copernicus
How many days is the lunar (moon) phase cycle?
29.5 days
if it is spring in the northern hemisphere, what is it in the southern hemisphere?
fall/autumn
The hottest temperatures on Earth are found around the _______.
equator
What season is it in England when it is summer in South Africa?
Winter
What causes the seasons?
Earth's tilt
What is it called when one hemisphere has the LONGEST number of hours of daylight and the opposite hemisphere has the SHORTEST number of daylight hours?
Solstice
In which direction does the earth rotate?
West to East / anti-clockwise
The Earth rotates on its _____.
axis
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