study guide 1
What is the winter solstice?
The day where there is the least hours of sunlight
What is the northern hemisphere?
The top half of earth
True or false: The further away from 0 degrees the latitude is, the colder it gets
True
What is an axis?
An invisible line in the center of an object that it rotates on
When is it summer in the northern hemisphere?
when the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun
True or false: The latitude does not change the angle of incoming light
False
True or False: Shadows are the longest in the afternoon
False
How long does a revolution take
about 365 days
What is the definition for orbit?
when an object spins down an axis(invisible line in the center)
True or false: Both hemispheres have the same hours of sunlight during the vernal equinox
True