Seasons Vocabulary
A division of the year that is associated with particular weather patterns and daylight hours
Season
24 hour cycle caused by Earths' rotation
Day
Year
the movement of one object around another
Revolution
Occurs twice per year, when the noon sun is directly overhead at farthest south or north of the equator (June 21st and December 21st) *Summer and Winter*
Solstice
The imaginary line that passes through the Earth from North to South Pole
Axis
Occurs twice per year, sun is direct at the equator and neither hemisphere is pointed toward or away from the sun (around March 21 and around September 23) *means equal day and night *Spring and Fall*
Equinox