Earth's Motion and Shadow Patterns
Across
- 1. It takes Earth one ________ to rotate on its axis.
- 4. Shadows cast just after sunrise and just before sunset are the (longest/shortest) shadows of the day.
- 6. means an imaginary, horizontal line that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres
- 7. The shadow is on the _____________ side of the object from the light source.
- 10. means the spinning of an object on an axis
- 12. The equator divides the earth (vertically/horizontally).
- 13. means to lean to one side
- 15. an imaginary, vertical line that an object spins or revolves around
- 16. a clock that works by using the shadow of a pole in the center of a circle of numbers that stands for the hours in a day
Down
- 2. It takes Earth one ________ to revolve around the sun.
- 3. means one of the halves of the Earth as divided by the Equator (the earth has a northern and a southern one)
- 5. the direction in which the sun sets
- 6. the direction in which the sun rises
- 8. means the circular path one object takes around another object
- 9. means the movement of one object around another object
- 11. Noontime shadows are the (longest/shortest) shadows of the day.
- 14. True or false: The sun moves around the earth, causing day and night.