Seasons
This is the longest day of the year.
what is the first day of summer
26,000 years
What is one full cycle of precession?
This is the minimum and maximum number of degrees that the Earth tilts.
21.5 degrees to 24.5 degrees
The point when Earth is closest to the Sun.
What is perihelion.
First day of winter.
This is the current number one song in the country.
What is "7 Rings" by Ariana Grande?
Most of the energy on Earth comes from this.
What is the Sun?
the reason for the season
what is axial tilt
Earth is spinning like a top. Precession is sometimes referred to as this.
What is "Earth's Wobble?"
40,000 - 43,000 years
What is one full cycle of Axial Tilt?
The time of the year when we are furthest away from the Sun.
What is June/July?
Summer in the Northern Hemisphere?
This is was the number one streamed song in 2018.
What is "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran and Beyonce?
3 places that reflect the Sun's energy
What are ice, clouds, and deserts
summer in the southern hemisphere
when the sun is close to the earth.
The direction the North Pole is currently pointing at.
What is Polaris, the North Star?
23.5 degrees
What is the current angle of Earth's tilt?
This is the length of one full cycle of Earth's eccentricity.
What is 100,000 years?
This was the highest grossing movie of 2018.
What is Black Panther?
70%
What is the percentage of the Sun's energy that is absorbed by Earth and it's atmosphere?
The sun is far away from the earth.
What is summer on the northern hemisphere
Right now, when Earth is closest to the Sun, the Northern Hemisphere is leaning away from the the Sun and it is winter. When the direction of North Pole is pointing at Vega, summer will occur in the Northern Hemisphere when the Earth... _____________?
is closest to the Sun.
is at perihelion.
leaning towards the Sun.
This would lead to hotter summers and colder winters.
What is an increase in the tilt of our planet?
The range of change of Earth's eccentricity.
What is 0.005 - 0.067?
My dog's name
Who is Carl?
The Sun's energy comes and leaves Earth in these two forms.
What is shortwave and long-wave energy?
This is the "reason for the seasons"
What is Axial Tilt?
When Vega will be the new North Star
What is 13,000 years?
Axial Tilt is also known as this.
What is Obliquity?
0.0167
What is the current eccentricity of Earth's orbit?
The other class I teach
Electromagnetic energy easily enters Earth's atmosphere, but is unable to leave as easily because of this.
What is transformation into long-wave energy?
What is transformation into heat or infrared energy?
Because of pollution (GHGs)