Earth Science Chapter 26 - Movements of Earth

The measurement of a day is determined by

The side of Earth facing the sun at any given moment experiences __________________.

As Earth rotates from west to east, the sun seems to rise in the ____________________.

Earth's axis is 

During each revolution of Earth, the North Pole

A result of fewer daylight hours is

The sun follows its highest path across the sky on the ___________________.

____________ is the point in a planet's orbit at which the planet is closest to the sun.

The moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator is a(n)

When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere experiences

The spinning of Earth on its axis is called

The motion of a body that travels around another body is space is called _______________.

The beginning of fall in the Northern Hemisphere is marked by the _________________.

Leap Year was established because 

Seasons are caused by

On the winter solstice, the sun's rays strike the Northern Hemisphere

Which of the following is evidence of Earth's revolution?

At an equinox, the angle of the sun's rays along the _________________ is 90 degrees.

A(n) _____________ is a closed curve whose shape is determined by two points within the curve.

Each complete revolution of Earth around the sun takes