Solstice
When does the summer solstice occur?
June 21.
When does the spring equinox occur?
March 21.
How might seasons be affected based on where you are on earth?
How close/far away you are from the equator.
What are the two places an equinox and a solstice occur?
The Northern and Southern Hemisphere.
How does the earths tilt affect the way the sun’s rays hit earth?
Because the earths tilt is at an angle of 23.5 degrees from being vertical.
When does the winter solstice occur?
December 22.
When does the autumn equinox occur?
September 22.
In the summer, which hemisphere is hit by the sun’s light?
The Northern Hemisphere.
What does a solstice and an equinox have different in their times?
They both occur at opposite times.
How far is the earths tilt from a vertical line?
23.5 degrees.
When does a solstice occur?
When either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere is at its strongest tilt towards the sun.
When does an equinox occur?
When the sun passes directly overhead at the equator at noon, and night and day are both 12 hours long.
In the winter, which hemisphere is hit by the sun’s light?
The Southern Hemisphere.
What’s the length difference of the summer solstice and the autumn equinox?
Three months.
How does the earths tilt affect a days length?
The hemisphere tilted towards the sun has more hours of day than night.
How many days does a solstice happen?
One day per year.
How many days does an equinox happen?
One day per year.
What two seasons have both hemispheres hit by the same amount of sunlight
Spring and Autumn.
What do equinoxes and solstices have in common?
They both happen one day per year.
What place(s) on earth have the most drastic changes in day length?
The poles.
What would happen if earths tilt was vertical?
We wouldn’t have any seasons
What would happen if earths tilt was vertical?
Temperature wouldn’t change.