Orbits
Seasons of the Year
Length of day
Solstices
Equinoxes
100
The movement of one object around another object.
What is revolution?
100
The main reason we experiece seasons on Earth.
What is Earth's tilt on its axis?
100
Affects a day's length on Earth.
What is the tilt of the Earth's axis?
100
This occurs when the Northern or Southern hemispheres are at their greatest tilt towards the sun?
What is a solstice?
100
Because mneither hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, what happens?
What is nn equinox?
200
Known as the spinning of the Earth on it's axis.
What is rotation?
200
The seasonal changes on Earth depends on _____________________?
What is, how far it is from the Equator?
200
Which way is a hemisphere facing if there are more hours in a day than at night?
What is towards the sun?
200
The months a solstices occurs.
What are June and December?
200
What does equinox mean?
What is "equal night"?
300
The imaginary line from the North Pole to the South Pole through the Earth's center.
What is Earth's axis?
300
Earth's axis is tilted at what degree from the vertical.
What is 23.5 degrees?
300
Where are there more drastic changes in a day's length?
What is closer to the poles?
300
How many days per year do solstices occur in each hemisphere?
What is TWO for each hemipshere?
300
An equinox happens when day and night are both how long?
What is EQUAL light and dark. What is 12 hours long?
400
The imaginary line around Earth, seperating it into the Northen and Southern Hemisphere?
What is the equator?
400
In December, which way is the Northern Hemisphere facing?
What is away from the Sun?
400
Each of the two days of the year when neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun is called a(n) _________________________ .
A. winter solstice
B. summer solstice
C. rotation
D. equinox
What is D? Equinox?
400
Solstices happen when the sun is where in the sky?
What is at its highest point in the sky? DIRECTLY above!
400
An equinox happens between what events?
What is solstices?
500
Come to the board and draw the orbital motion, like we have practiced MANY times, like the 16point question on the quiz.
PASS out paper to study with!
500
Come to the board and draw the seasons, like we have practiced MANY times, like the 22point question on the quiz.
PASS out paper to study with!
500
According to this image:
What two locations (name hemisphere & name location) would experience 24 hours of darkness?
What is Southern Hemisphere in June
AND
Northern Hemisphere in December?
500
Attractive force on the Earth to make the solstice occur.
What is gravity?
500
Name the months when equinoxes occur.
What is September and March?