Northern Hemisphere
The North Pole
This is the opposite place from the North Pole and is called the Antarctic Circle.
The South Pole
Name the 4 seasons.
Winter, Spring, Summer & Fall (Autumn)
Are the daylight hours longer or shorter in summer?
Name your favorite season and why.
Any answer that fits!
When we are having summer in the Northern hemisphere, is the north pole tilted towards or away from the sun?
Towards
When the Southern hemisphere is having summer, are they tilted towards or away from the sun?
Towards
Which of these are the 2 things that cause the seasons on Earth?
*orbit *distance from the sun *tilt *time
The seasons are caused by the TILT and the ORBIT.
Why is the equator always warmer than the poles?
The equator always gets more direct light than anywhere else on Earth.
What is an equinox?
An equinox on the calendar are the 2 days of the year with equal amounts of sunlight and darkness. These are the fall and spring equinox.
When we are having winter in the Northern hemisphere, is the north pole tilted towards or away from the sun?
When the Southern hemisphere is having winter, what is the orientation of that hemisphere to the sun?
Tilted away
When it is summer in Northern hemisphere, what is happening in the Southern hemisphere?
winter
Why is it warmer in the summer than then winter?
We get more direct light from the sun.
Why do the Arctic Terns live a life of "endless summer?"
They migrate between summer in the Arctic to summer in the Antarctic.
The equator
On the globe, the equator divides the Northern from the Southern hemisphere. What is the degree of both latitude and longitude at the equator?
0 degrees
When it is winter in the Southern hemisphere, what is happening in the Northern hemisphere?
summer
In the summertime, in either hemisphere, is the sunlight high in sky for a longer time each day or lower in they sky for a shorter time?
In summer, the sun is higher in the sky for a longer time.
Explain why you can play outside in the summer for a longer time before it gets dark.
In summer, the Earth is tilted towards the sun so we get more sunlight for a longer period of time.
Name one continent in the Northern hemisphere.
The continents located in the Northern Hemisphere include North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and a small part of South America.
Name one continent in the Southern hemisphere.
The two continents entirely located in the Southern Hemisphere are Australia and Antarctica. Southern Africa and parts of South America are also in the Southern hemisphere.
If another planet also had a tilt, would they experience seasons also even if they are further from the sun?
Yes, they would still have seasons. Each season would be a bit longer if it takes longer for that planet to go around the sun 1 time.
Explain why the Artic will have weeks of constant daylight in summer and then weeks of total darkness in winter?
In summer the Arctic is tilted so far towards the sun, the sun never sets for several weeks. In the winter, the Arctic is so tilted away from the sun, the sun never rises for several weeks.
How is the summer solstice different than the winter solstice?
The summer solstice is the longest hours of sunlight for a day of the year and the winter solstice is the shortest hours of sunlight for a day in a year.