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Vocabulary
Seasons
Equinox/Solstice
Different Seasons on Different Hemispheres
Globe
100
The line of latitude at 0 degrees.
What is the equator
100
What causes the seasons?
What is Earth's tilt.
100
Daylight hours equal nighttime hours.
What is and Equinox
100
If May, June, and July are the summer months in the Northern Hemisphere, which place would be warmer in the month of July? Southern Africa or the United States?
What is United States! Remember, Northern and Southern hemispheres have opposite seasons, so when it is summer here, its winter over there!
100
The lines that run north and south.
What is longitude
200
The direction the Earth rotates on its axis?
What is counter-clockwise
200
Would we still have seasons if there was no tilt of the Earth's axis?
What is no.
200
These are days with the most amount of sunlight.
What is the Solstice.
200
Why are there different Seasons on the North and South Hemispheres?
What is Because of the earth's tilt. The north and south hemispheres are closer to the sun at different times, thus they have different seasons at different times.
200
The half of the globe that lies below the Equator.
What is the Southern Hemisphere
300
The area that lies at 23.5 degrees North of the Equator.
What is the Tropic of Cancer.
300
When we have our winter, do we receive more direct sunlight or less direct sunlight?
What is Less direct sunlight = cold weather
300
Time when the sun is fathers north or south of the equator?
What is the solstice
300
If it was winter here in North Carolina, and you wanted to escape the nasty rainy weather, which vacation spot would be your best bet? a) Russia b)China c) Australia
What is Australia!! Its the only one in the Southern hemisphere
300
The degrees that the Earth is tilted.
What is 23.5 Degrees
400
The half of the globe that lies below the Equator
What is the Southern Hemisphere.
400
If there was another planet in a different solar system with the same environment and distance away from the sun but it didn't have a tilt in its axis, would it still have four seasons?
What is No.
400
The time when the sun is directly above the equator.
What is the equinox
400
Say it is Summer time here in North Carolina, would England be in the same season?
What is Yes.
400
The reason why the Tropics are located at 23.5 degrees latitude.
What is It is the same degrees that the earth is tilted.
500
The imaginary lines that run East to West around the globe.
What is latitude.
500
Is having Seasons important?
What is Yes or we would not be able to farm different foods.
500
The time when both hemispheres receive the same amounts of sun.
What is the equinox.
500
What is one country that is half in the Northern Hemisphere and half in the Southern Hemisphere?
What is Africa or South America.
500
The line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole.
What is the axis.