Chapter 1 part 2

Seasons occur because...

• of the tilt of the Earth

• fall weather is so pretty

• the Earth gets closer to the sun and further away

What is Earth's True shape?

• Flat

• Oblate spheroid

• Ellipsoid of Revolution

• A squashed circle

According to Eratosthenes, what is the perimeter of the Earth?

• 150,000km

• 100,000km

• 50,000km

• 40,000km

Eratosthenes used which 2 Egyptian cities to find the perimeter of the Earth? (choose 2)

• Syene

• Cairo

• Giza

• Alexandria

There is an UP and DOWN in the universe

• True

• False

How can we physically prove on Earth, that our planet is spinning?

• A rock rolling off a hill

• Contacting the space station

• Feeling it happen

• Foucault's pendulum

Why don't stars fall to the ground?

• There is no physical reason they need to

• They do! Have you ever heard of falling stars?

• Gravity keeps them in the sky

What is aphelion?

• Furthest point away from the sun

• Closest point to the sun

What is the mean distance between our planet and the sun? (AKA- 1AU)

• 40,000km

• 100,000km

• 150,000,000km

• 2 million km