The Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun.
Which way does the earth tilt when the Northern Hemisphere has has winter?
100
March 20th
What day is the spring equinox?
100
In summer the USA gets more direct light.
What type of sun light does the USA get in the summer? Direct or indirect?
100
The tilt of the earth.
What causes the seasons?
200
The earth is not tilted away from the sun nor toward it.
How is the earth tilted in fall?
200
Northern US gets more indirect light in the winter.
What type of light does the northern US get in winter?
200
We get more direct light in the spring.
In the spring because of the tilt of the earth, what type of light ray do we get more of?
200
The Northern Hemisphere gets indirect light.
In the Northern Hemisphere what type of light do we get?
200
Direct light is the sunlight that hits earth directly. The places near the equator gets the most direct light.
What is the definition for direct light?
300
The Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun so it is not that cold or not that warm.
What is the Northern Hemisphere like in the fall?
300
The southern hemisphere has summer.
When the Northern Hemisphere has winter what season is the Southern Hemisphere in?
300
In spring the earth is a little tilted toward the sun. so it is warmer.
What is it like in the Northern Hemisphere during spring?
300
Summer is warmer because the earth is tilted toward the sun.
Why is summer warmer?
300
People normally think seasons change because they think we are closer to the sun for some seasons.
What do people normally think the cause of the changing of the seasons?
400
The earth is a little tilted away from the sun in the fall.
Why is fall colder in spring?
400
The earth is closer to the sun in the winter.
Why is the reason for seasons not distance?
400
During spring the earth is not tilted all the way in the distance but not really close to the sun.
What is the tilt like during the spring for the USA?
400
The earth is tilted toward the sun.
How is the earth positioned in the summer?
400
Indirect light is is where the light from the sun is more spread out and the light has to travel farther. The North and South Poles get indirect light.
What is the definition of indirect light?
500
During fall the earth is not completely tilted away from the sun but is not tilted toward the sun either.
Why is fall not as cold as winter but not as hot on summer?
500
In winter, we are tilted a way and they are tilted close to the sun so they have summer when we have winter.
Why so the southern hemisphere have opposite seasons than us?
500
Spring is tilted somewhat to the sun so it is warmer.
Why is spring warmer than fall?
500
When we have summer the earth is farther away from the sun.