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Movements of the Earth

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  • What planet has the shortest day?
    Jupiter
  • What are the four intercardinal directions on a compass?
    North east, South east, South West, North West
  • There are four species of cumulus cloud:
    Humilis, Fractus, Congestus, Mediocris
  • Stars move from ______ to _______ in the sky.
    east west
  • I am facing North East and turn 90 degrees clockwise. Which direction am I facing now?
    South East
  • It takes about ____ minutes for your eyes to adjust to darkness.
    30 minutes
  • What is the earths axis?
    an imaginary line that runs between the north and the south pole.
  • A day- the amount of time it takes an astronomical object to complete ____________.
    one full rotation on its axis.
  • The needle of a compass always points to the ________.
    North
  • The earth completes one rotation on its axis every ______ days.
    28
  • I am facing South East and turn 270 degrees anti clockwise
    South West
  • ____________- ‘to spread out’ _____________- ‘tuft or curl of hair’ _____________- ‘heap or pile’
    stratus clouds, Cirrus clouds, Cumulus clouds