Lesson 2 Vocabulary

What is the Equinox?

• A. The time of year when the north pole is most directed toward the Sun

• B. The time of year when the south pole is most directed toward the Sun

• C. Either of two times of the year during a planet’s orbit when the north and south poles are equidistant from the Sun

• D. Either of two times of the year during which the north pole or the south poleis most directed toward the Sun.

  
  

What is a Solstice?

• A. The time of day when the Sun reaches its highest point in the sky

• B. Either of two times of the year during a planet’s orbit when the north and south poles are equidistant from the Sun

• C. The time of day when the south pole is most directed toward the Sun

• D. Either of two times of the year during which the north pole or the south poleis most directed toward the Sun.

  
  

What is Solar Noon?

• A. An area where light is blocked by an object

• B. Time of day when the Sun reaches its highest point in the sky for a given place on Earth

• C. The time of year when the south pole is most directed toward the Sun

• D. The time of year when the north pole is most directed toward the Sun

What is a season?

• Time of day when the Sun reaches its highest point in the sky for a given place on Earth

• One of four natural parts of the year on Earth, including spring, summer, autumn, and winte

• The time of year when the north pole is most directed toward the Sun

• ingredients to add flavor to meats, vegtables, and soups

What is a shadow?

• An imaginary line that runs through the middle of an object around which that object rotates

• An area where light is blocked by an object

• One of four natural parts of the year on Earth, including spring, summer, autumn, and winter

• The time of year when the north pole is most directed toward the Sun

What is an axis?
Select all that apply.

• A line at the side or bottom of a graph

• The time of day when the Sun reaches its highest point in the sky for a given place on Earth

• One of four natural parts of the year on Earth, including spring, summer, autumn, and winter

• An imaginary line that runs through the middle of an object around which that object rotates

What does celestial mean?

• Of or relating to the earth's axis

• Of or relating to natural parts of the year on Earth, including spring, summer, autumn, and winter

• Of or relating to things in the sky

• Of or relating to vegetables similar to celery.

What is the Horizon?

Select all that apply.

• Planes and gases in the sky

• The time of day when the Sun reaches its highest point in the sky for a given place on Earth

• The plane that extends from one’s eye to the edge of Earth

• The apparent connection between the Earth and the sky

What is a Penumbra?

• The inner, darker part of a shadow

• The lighter, outer part of a shadow cone

• An area where light is blocked by an object

What is an Umbra?

• The inner, darker part of a shadow

• An area where light is blocked by an object

• The lighter, outer part of a shadow cone