Climate
The place on Earth where we do not have seasons?!
To spin on an imaginary axis
What is rotation?
This is the Reason for the Seasons
The Angle at which sunlight strikes an object is called
What is Solar Angle?
When an area has more light concentrated into it, it becomes...
What is hotter?
Place on earth where we have 24 hour periods of sunlight or 24 hour periods of darkness.
Where are the poles?
The Length of time it takes for the Moon to complete one full rotation of its axis.
When is 30 Days?
Same as its period of revolution, like many moons, ours has become Tidally Locked. This causes us to only be able to see one side of the moon!
The earth is about 5 million miles farther from the sun during winter than it is during summer, and this is what makes the earth colder.
(T/F)
What is False.
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If you had some Potato Knishes, which of these spots would heat them up the most?
The Circle, Oval, or Long?
What is the Circle?
The times of the day when solar energy is most concentrated?
When is Noontime?
Latitudes near the poles always receive the Sun's rays at lower angles, creating this.
What is a Colder Climate
T/F
When we are having a 14 hour day everyone on Earth is having just as long of a day.
What is False?
When we have longer days other areas on earth are having shorter days and some places are having a normal length day.
The North Pole Always Points Towards this.
What is the North Star or Polaris
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This is causing the angle to change from #1 through#4.
What is Earths Curvature?
The times of day when solar energy is least concentrated?
When are Dawn and Dusk?
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Each arrow points to the earth. What season are we experiencing in Maine at this First Arrow?
What season would Mainers be experiencing at the Second Arrow?
What is Winter, then Summer
Almost everything in the Universe Rotates and Revolves in this direction?
What is Counterclockwise?
The earths 23.5% tilt relative to the plane of its orbit is responsible for this
What are the Seasons?
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Which area is Equatorial?
Which area is in the Northern Hemisphere?
K is Equatorial
J is Northern Hemisphere
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Daily Double!!
Would the circles on the edges be SMALLER from more direct sunlight, or LONGER from less direct sunlight if EARTH WAS FLAT?!?
What is become small and concentrated, all circles would be the same as the one in the center.
Without Earths curvature creating an angle, the light won't spread out.
True/False
The amount of Sunlight received at 23 degrees north of the equator is about the same as 23 degrees south of the equator, this is why they are both hot.
The amount of Sunlight that the South Pole gets every year is about the same as the North Pole, this is why they are both very cold.
What is True
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This Student has a better model for describing day and night.
Who is Student A
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What is C
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What is D
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Which angle will cause greater heat to the area its striking.
The few
What is second, or higher solar angle of 90 degrees.