SPACESHIP EARTH QUIZ 1
SUN
At any time, half the earth faces the sun and the other half faces away from the _______
MIDNIGHT
Currently, most countries begin a new at at _____________
NORTH POLE
Due to the earth's rotation, a person would be traveling faster at the equator than they would at a position halfway from the equator to the ________________
15 DEGREES
Each time zone around the world represents about ________________ of longitude
"SPACESHIP"
Earth can be called _______________ because it is like a vehicle carrying humans and cargo through space
DAY NIGHT
Evidence which indicates that the Earth rotates is the alternating of ____________ and ________________
THE WINTER
The North Pole is dark 24 hours a day in:
WINTER
The earth is closer to the sun during the Northern Hemisphere's:
23 1/2 DEGREES
The earth is tilted on its axis at the angle of:
ELLIPSE OR OVAL
The earth travels around the sun in an orbit shaped like an:
1300
The military denotes 1:00pm as ____________
LIFE
The regular motions of the earth help support and sustain ______________
REVERSED
The seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are ____________________ from the ones in the Northern Hemisphere
SPHERE
Viewed from space, the earth appears as a large _______________
5:00AM
When it is 8:00am in New York, it is _________________ in California
ORBIT
curving path that a moving body takes around another body in space
7,900 MILES
diameter of earth at Poles
24,860 MILES
distance around earth at Poles
1,000 MILES
extend of earth's atmosphere
INERTIA
helps earth continue to go around sun
VERNAL
of spring
595 MILLION MILES
one orbit of earth around sun
ELLIPSE
shape of the earth's orbital path around sun
24 HOURS
solar day
MILKY WAY
spiral galaxy
GREENWICH, ENGLAND
the Prime Meridian runs through:
SUNSET
the ancient Jews began their day at:
101,000
"Spaceship Earth" travels about _____________________ miles per hour in its journey around the center of the Milky Way
366
A leap year has _____________ days
