Spaceship Earth Review (mystery science)

Front

Why don't all the constellations appear at the same time?

Back

The Earth is facing in the other direction.

Front

In summer, the sun takes a ______________ path across the sky.

Back

Higher.

Front

Shadows are longer in winter because the angle of the sun is lower. True or False?

Back

True.

Front

___________ is the curved path that something (such as a moon or satellite) follows as it goes around something else (such as a planet).

Back

Orbit.

Front

The earth's orbiting motion around the sun causes which of the following?

Back

Both years and seasons.

Front

What is the term for the movement of the Earth around its own axis?

Back

Rotation.

Front

What do we call the time it takes for the Earth to complete one full orbit around the sun?

Back

A year.

Front

What is the name of the path that the Earth takes as it revolves around the sun?

Back

Orbit.

Front

What causes day and night on Earth?

Back

The rotation of the Earth on its axis.

Front

What is the effect of the tilt of the Earth's axis?

Back

It causes the seasons.