solstice/equinox
Vocabulary
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The lengths of daytime and night time are about the same. This happens twice a year.
What is an equinox.
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The study of the Sun, Moon, stars and other objects in space.
What is Astronomy.
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The difference between Earth's rotation and revolution
What is the Earth's rotation is whenthe Earth rotates on its axis and it's revolution is when it revolves around the sun.
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One of the two days of the year when the noon sun is directly ovrehed at either 23.5 degrees South or 23.5 degrees North.
What is a Solstice
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The Earths path as it revolves around the Sun.
What is an Orbit.
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What 2 reasons causes day and night.
What is the Earths rotation on its axis and it takes 24 hours for the Earth to rotate on the axis.
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Occurs around september 23. It marks the beginning of fall in the Northern Hempisphere.
What is an autumnal equinox.
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Earth's spinning on its axis.
What is Rotation.
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the moons influence on the calendar.
What is Months were from the beginning of one full moon to the next full moon.
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These occur in late December and late June.
What is a Solstice.
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The imaginary line that passess through the Earth's center, straight through the North and South poles.
What is an Axis
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The two factors that cause the seasons to occur.
What is the Earth's axis is tilted and it revolves around the sun while the axis is tilted.
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This occurs around March 21st and marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is a Vernal Equinox.
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The measurement of distance from the equator, expressed in degrees North and South
What is latitude.
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how is Earth tilted during winter and summer and in the northern hemisphere.
What is when the north end of the axis is tilted toward the sun, it's summer. and when the south end of the axis is tilted toward the sun, it's winter in the northern hemisphere.
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