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The Moving Earth Astronomy Worksheet

Name ____________________

Science-8

Period ____ Date ________________

Windows to the Universe – The Moving Earth

Use the Windows to the Universe web site to make notes and observations about

how the Earth moves in space.

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The Moving Earth:

1. What two ways is the Earth moving through space? ______________________ &

______________________

Click on “spinning like a top”.

2. What is the angle of tilt for Earth’s axis? _________

3. The plane on which the Earth orbits The Sun is called an ___________________.

4. Towards what star does Earth’s North Pole point? ___________________

5. How long does Earth take to rotate 1 time? _____ This is called one _____.

6. Earth’s rotation is the reason why we have __________ and __________.

Click on “orbital motion”.

7. Although Earth’s orbit is ____________, it is very close to being _____________.

8. How long does it take for Earth to orbit the sun once? ________________

9. The time it takes Earth to orbit once is called a _________.

10. Because of Earth’s tilt and orbit around the sun, we get the ______________.

Click on “seasons”.

11. What season is it in the southern hemisphere when it is summer in the northern

hemisphere? _______________

12. In the northern hemisphere, we are closest to the sun during what season? ______

Click on “Earth’s orbit and its rotation”.

13. The Earth has seasons because of the _____________ and _________________.

14. The tilt & orbit result in varying amounts of ________________ hitting our Earth.

15. In the northern hemisphere, the longest day occurs on the ___________________

and the shortest day occurs on the ______________________.

16. During the ____________________ & ___________________, the sun is directly

over the equator resulting in day and night being equal length all over the world.

* Discuss and make note on the back of this sheet about the patterns you have

noticed about Earth’s motion in space.

The Moving Earth Astronomy Worksheet