Equinoxes
What date does the Spring Equinox occur?
What is March 21st
What date does the Winter Solstice occur?
What is December 21st
In what azimuth (compass) direction does the Sun appear to rise?
How many degrees is the Earth's axis tilted?
What is 23.5 degrees
What line of latitude receives direct insolation?
What date does the Autumnal Equinox occur?
What is September 23rd
What date does the Summer Solstice Occur?
What is June 21st
In what azimuth (compass) direction does the Sun appear to set?
What is West
What causes seasonal changes on Earth?
What is the tilt of Earth's axis
What gases keep heat (radiation) trapped on Earth's surface?
What are Greenhouse Gases
How many hours of daylight and nighttime do we experience on the equinoxes?
What is 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night.
Is the Summer Solstice the hottest day of the year?
What is No! - heat lag
What azimuth direction does the Sun seem to rise in the Winter time?
What is South of East
What season is it in Australia during Winter in NYS?
Why is snow a good reflector?
What is because it is white (and/or) because is it smooth (and/or) because it is shiny.
Which hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun during the equinoxes?
What is neither
What day of the year do we receive the most sunlight in NYS?
What is June 21st
What time of year is the path of the Sun longest in the sky?
What is Summer
Between which two lines of latitude can the Sun be at your zenith?
What are 23.5 N and 23.5 S (Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn)
What color absorbs the most insolation?
What is black
What is another name for the Spring Equinox?
What is the Vernal Equinox
Which line of latitude (tropic) receives direct sunlight on June 21st?
What is the Tropic of Cancer
What azimuth direction does the Sun appear to be in the sky in NYS?
What is South
What is Winter
What locations on Earth what the greatest variation in insolation?
What are the North and South pole