The Four Seasons
Start of each Season
Tilt of the Earth
Definitions
BONUS :)
100
What are the four seasons?
Summer, Spring, Fall (Autumn), Winter
100
Summer takes place from June to _______
September
100
Does earth rotate in an upright position?
No
100
What are Solctices?
-Summer & Winter
- The longest or shortest days of the year
100
Label the correct start of each season in the diagram
1. 2. 3. 4.
1. summer
2. fall
3. winter
4. fall
200
What is a season?
A period of weather, temperature changes and hours of sunlight that correspond to a certain location on Earth
200
On the days of the equinoxes, how many hours of sunlight does the earth receive?
12
200
Earth has a tilt of how many degrees?
23.5 degrees
200
What are Equinoxes?
Equinoxes are days in which day and night are of equal duration - 12 hours.
200
On a solstice, are the numbers of daylight and night time even or unequal?
Solstice = unequal amounts of daylight
summer = more daylight
winter = less daylight
300
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.
300
What are the times called when the Earth’s axis has its greatest tilt toward or away from the Sun?
Solstices
300
What is another name to call the tilt of the earth?
Axis
300
What is a hemisphere?
Half of the earth cut in the middle by an invisible line (Equator 0)
300
Equinoxes can be remembered by 3 EEEs...
What is Equinox, equator (where the sun strikes directly on the first day), equal daylight and night time hours
400
Which two seasons occur when the sun is 'hitting' most directly at the equator?
Spring and autumn
400
When Spring and Autumn begin, where is the sun?
Directly above the equator
400
The Sun’s light strikes Earth at different angles during Earth’s revolution around the Sun. Does this cause seasons?
True! the Sun's light strikes earth at different angles around the sun, causing seasons
400
Where does the sun strike more directly on a solstice?
Tropics, Cancer or Capricorn
400
Labe the start of each season in the diagram
a. b. c. d.
a. summer
b. fall
c. winter
d. spring
500
What are 3 reasons for our seasons?
~Earth's revolution around the sun
~The tilt of the Earth's axis
~Angle of sunlight + different amount of hours of daylight
500
The March equinox is the beginning of what season in the Southern Hemisphere?
Autumn
500
Through the center of the Earth, there is an imaginary line running through it. Where does this imaginary line start and stop?
North and south pole
500
What is the equator?
An imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles
500
What is the tip to remember where the sun strikes on the summer solstice in the Norther Hemisphere?
summer = skin CANCER, Tropic of Cancer