the four seasons
What are the four seasons?
Summer, Spring, Autumn, Winter
Summer takes place from December to _______
February
Does earth rotate in an upright position? (Yes or No)
No
What are Solstices....
the longest or shortest days of the year
Does the earth revolve around the sun.. or does the sun revolve around the earth?
The earth revolves around the sun.
What is a season?
Division of the year that is marked by changes in weather, daylight and temperature.
On the days of the equinoxes, how many hours of sunlight does the earth receive?
12
What are Equinoxes?
Equinoxes are days in which day and night are of equal length
How do you spell the other word for fall?
A.U.T.U.M.N
Why do seasons change?
Seasons change because the tilt of the Earth's axis causes places on Earth to receive different amounts of sunlight throughout the year.
Winter starts at what month?
June
What is another name to call the tilt of the earth specifically?
An axil tilt
What is a hemisphere?
Half of the earth
What is the current season?
Spring
When the Northern hemisphere has Autumn what does the Southern hemisphere have?
Spring
When Winter begins in the Southern hemisphere…where is the sun?
Above the equator ~ Directed on the Northern hemisphere
The Sun’s light strikes Earth at different angles during Earth’s annual journey around the Sun does not cause seasons.
True or False
False... the Sun's light strikes earth at different angles aroung the sun which causes seasons
What is the Axis?
An imaginary line that goes through the middle of the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole.
It takes how many days for earth to go around the sun?
365 days
Seasons are the cause of what?
~Earth's rotation around the sun ~The tilt of the Earth's axis
What is the start of Autumn in the Northern hemisphere?
September
What are the two points at the ends of the Earth’s axis called?
North and South poles
What is the equator?
An imaginary line drawn around the middle of the earth
Which directions does the sun set and rise?
Rises in the East and sets in the West.