Earth's Rotation and Revolution

The sun is highest in the sky at noon, so shadows at noon are short.

As the N Hemisphere is titled directly towards the sun, its heats up and has long daytime hours. What season is this?

Direct ______ and the hours of daylight effect the seasons we experience on Earth.

A ____ ____ is a vertical belt on Earth in which all locations have the same time.

Moving by one time zone west (<--), the time is one hour _____.

Seasons in the S. Hemisphere occur at the same time as in the N. Hemisphere.

What line is the "starting point" on our globe from which time is calculated?

As Earth rotates, the sun SEEMS to rise in the ________ and set in the ______.

As the N Hemisphere is titled away from the sun, its cools down and has short daytime hours. What season is this?

Places at the equator get sun all year. So instead, what 2 SEASONS do they experience?

The imaginary line that passes through the middle of Earth, from N Pole to S Pole is...

As Earth rotates, the side that FACES the sun experiences...

A shadow always extends from the ________ direction of the sunlight.

________ ________ is when a still objects SEEMS to move.

PICK 2: How long is one ROTATION of Earth?

The sun is highest in the sky in the morning/evening, so shadows at noon are short.

Earth's ________ is the movement of earth around the sun.

If it is 10:00am in Boston, what time is it in Los Angeles, CA. (3 time zones west <--)

A shadow is a dark area formed by an object that _____ light.

As Earth rotates, the side that faces AWAY FROM the sun experiences...

Places near the poles get a dramatic difference of sunlight. So instead, what 2 SEASONS do they experience?

Shadows cast in summer are _____ than those cast in winter.

Earth's ________ is the turning or spinning of Earth on its AXIS.

PICK 3 other objects that SEEM to move as Earth rotates.

What angle is the Earth tilted at?

Moving by one time zone east (-->), the time is one hour _____.

PICK 2: How long is one REVOLUTION of Earth?

If it is SPRING in the N. Hemisphere, it is _________ in the S. Hemisphere.