Seasons
This causes the seasons
What is Earth's tilted axis?
The cycle of day and night occurs because of this
What is earth's rotation?
The Earth orbiting around the sun
What is revolution?
The path the Earth takes as it revolves around the sun
What is orbit?
The degree in which the earth is tilted on its axis
What is 23.5 degrees?
When the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun,the northern hemisphere has this season.
What is summer?
This imaginary line is what the earth rotates around to cause day and night
What is the Earth's axis?
The Earth spinning on its axis
What is rotation?
The imaginary line going all the way around Earth, splitting the Earth into the northern and southern hemispheres.
What is the equator?
This occurs once every 4 years which causes the year to be 366 days instead of 365.
What is leap year?
When the southern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, this season occurs in the southern hemisphere
What is winter?
This star gives us the light of our days
This takes 24 hours and causes day and night
What is Earth's rotation?
The time of year when the sun is the furthest north and south of the equator (making the longest and shortest days of the year).
What is the summer and winter solstice?
The further from the equator you are, the temperature is
What is colder?
When the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, this is this season in the southern hemisphere
What is summer?
The meaning of nox-
What is night?
This takes 365 days
What is revolution?
The time of year when the sun is directly over the equator (when the length of day and night are equal).
What is equinox?
The Earth is split into 24 of these which is based on the sunrise and sunset in that particular location
What are time zones?