Earth Science 10/3/14

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The beginning of fall in the Northern Hemisphere is marked by the ________ __________ .
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The beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere is marked by the __________ _____________.
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A constellation is a :
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Earth is tilted 23.5 degrees on its __________.
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The sun appears to rise in the __________.
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The sun appears to set in the __________.
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Today is Sunday.
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A ___ year is needed on a calendar to make up for the extra 1/4 day we have each year.
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The point in a planet's orbit at which it is closest to the sun is called ___________.
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There is more daylight in the winter than in the summer.
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The side of Earth facing the sun at any given time experiences ___________.
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It takes 365 and 1/4 days for the Earth to make one trip around the
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Each rotation of earth on its axis takes
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Earth's orbit is in the shape of an _____________.
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A __________ is about 1/12th of a year.
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The point in a planet's orbit when it is farthest from the sun is called its ___________.
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Each complete revolution of Earth around the sun takes about
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________ is when the sun is at its highest point in the day.
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Who were the first people to create a calendar based on the solar year?
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A ____ is used to keep track of days and months.
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The __________ are caused by the tilt of the Earth on its axis.
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The path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space is an ____________.
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There are _______ time zones on Earth.
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The spinning of Earth on its axis is called ___________.
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A complete rotation of Earth takes one ________.