Solstices and equinoxes
Where is the earth positioned when there is a winter solstice?
Towards the east of the sun
How did the romans believe the seasons changed?
What is the 1st phase after a new moon?
waxing crescent
What is the 1st layer of the atmosphere?
Troposphere
Where is the earth positioned when there is an autumnal equinox?
Towards the northern part of the sun
How did the mayans believe the seasons changed?
They believed that the gods caused the seasons
What is the 2nd phase after a new moon?
1st quarter
What is the second layer of the atmosphere?
The stratosphere
Where is the earth positioned when there is a vernal equinox?
Towards the southern part of the sun
How did the greeks believe seasons change?
The seasons change because Hades takes Persephone to the Underworld, her mother crys and while in deep sorrow it becomes winter.
What is the first phase after a full moon?
Waning gibbous
What is the 3rd layer of the atmosphere?
The mesosphere
Where is the earth positioned when there is a summer solstice?
Towards the east of the sun
How did the chinese believe the seasons changed?
They believed the north pole shifted rather than the earth spinning on its axis at 23 degrees.
What is the last phase before a new moon?
Waning crescent
What is the last layer of the atmosphere?
The exosphere
What is the second phase after a full moon?
last quarter
What is the 4th layer of the atmosphere?
The thermosphere