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seasons [blockbuster picture quiz] [1]

seasons [blockbuster picture quiz] [1]
WHAT CAUSES THE SEASONS [1]
1. What is a planet?
A body that goes around a Sun.
2. What is a star?
A bright, shining ball of gas.
3. How many planets are there in our Solar System?
There are eight planets in our Solar System.
4. Why is it called a Solar System?
It has a Sun is at its centre.
5. The planets apart from Earth and Neptune are__?
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus.
6. What rhyme helps remember the order?
My Very Easy Method Just Soaks Up Names.
7. How many planets orbit the Sun?
All 8.
8. What does the word orbit mean?
Go around.
9. In which direction do the planets orbit the Sun?
Anti-clockwise.
10. How long does it take Earth to orbit the Sun?
365 days to orbit the Sun.
11. What is the Earth's axis?
An imaginary north-south line.
12. In which direction does the Earth rotate?
Anti-clockwise.
13. What does the word rotate mean?
to spin.
14. Which planet did Earth collide with?
Theia.
15. What did this collision cause?
The Earth to develop a tilt.
16. Earth rotates with a tilt of __ degrees?
23.
17. What causes day and night?
The Earth's rotation every 24 hours.
18. Earth orbits the Sun every 365 days giving us __?
The seasons.
19. What is the Equator?
An imaginary line around the centre of Earth.
20. The half of Earth above the Equator is called?.
The Northern Hemisphere.
21. The half of Earth below the Equator is called?.
The Southern Hemisphere.
22. In the north are two more imaginary lines?
Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle.
23. In the south are two more imaginary lines?
Tropic of Capricorn and Antarctic Circle.
24. At the top of the Earth is the _____?
North Pole.
25. At the bottom of the Earth is the ____?
South Pole.
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