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32 Cards in this Set
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curving path that a moving body takes around another body in space
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orbit
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shape of the earth's orbital path around sun
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ellipse
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helps earth continue to go around sun
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inertia
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diameter of earth at Poles
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7900 miles
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distance around earth at Poles
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24,860 miles
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extent of earth's atmosphere
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1,000 miles
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one orbit of earth around sun
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595 million miles
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one orbit of earth around sun
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vernal
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spiral galaxy
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Milky Way
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solar day
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24 hours
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Evidence which indicates that the Earth revolves is the alternating ______ and ______.
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days, nights
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Earth can be called “spaceship” because it is like a vehicle carrying humans and cargo through space.
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True
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The regular motions of the earth help support and sustain life.
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True
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Viewed from space, the earth appears as a large sphere.
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True
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The earth is perfectly round.
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False
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Longitude is the distance measured in degrees east or west from the International Date Line.
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False
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At any time, half the earth faces the sun and the other half faces away from the sun.
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True
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Due to the earth's rotation, a person would be traveling faster at the equator than he would at a position halfway from the equator to the North Pole.
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True
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The military denotes 1:00 p.m. as 1300.
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True
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There are only three time zones in the continental United States.
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False
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The earth's path around the sun is a perfect circle.
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False
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The earth is tilted on its axis at an angle of:
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23 1/2
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The ancient Jews began their day at:
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sunset
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Each time zone around the world represents about __________________ of longitude.
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15 degrees
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The Prime Meridian runs through:
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Greenwich, England
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When it is 8:00 a.m. in New York, it is ________________ in California.
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5 am
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A leap year has _______________ days.
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366
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The earth is closer to the sun during the Northern Hemisphere's:
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winter
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The earth travels around the sun in an orbit shaped like a(n):
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ellipse or oval
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The seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are ____________________________ from the ones in the Northern Hemisphere.
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reversed
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The North Pole is dark 24 hours a day in:
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the winter
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“Spaceship Earth” travels about ________________________ miles per hour in its journey around the center of the Milky Way.
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101,000
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