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What is a calendar?
A system of organizing time that defines the beginning, length, and divisions of a year.
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What is the movement of one object around another called?
Revolution
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When the southern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, what season do we experience (in the northern hemisphere)?
Winter
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Near the poles, sunlight arrives at a steep angle, so it is spread out over a (GREATER/LESSER) area.
Greater
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What type of calendar do we use now?
Gregorian
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What happens halfway between the summer and winter solstices?
Equinox
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Why does Earth have seasons?
Its axis is tilted as it revolves around the sun.
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On two days a year, neither hemisphere is tilted toward the sun. What do we call these days?
Equinoxes
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What is an orbit?
The path that Earth (or another object) follows around the sun
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Other team wins 15 points!
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magnet
Take 20 points!
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gift
Win 10 points!
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lifesaver
Give 25 points!
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Earth's axis is always tilted at an angle of ___________ from the vertical.
23.5*
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boom
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Go to first place!
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baam
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Double points!
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What shape is Earth's orbit?
An ellipse (A slightly elongated circle/oval)
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What is one revolution around the sun called?
A year
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Where does the sun hit the Earth from almost overhead?
Near the equator
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