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Apparent Path of the Sun
Insolation
Position of the Earth
Changes in the Seasons
General Astronomy
100

the time of the day when the sun highest in the sky

What is solar noon?

100
incoming solar radiation
What is insolation?
100
the movement the earth makes every 24 hours
What is rotation?
100
the season when your shadow is the shortest
What is the summer?
100
the number of hours it takes the earth to rotate once on its axis
What is 24 hours?
200
the date when the sun lowest in the sky
What is December 21?
200
the season during which the sun's intensity the lowest
What is the winter?
200
the movement the earth makes around the sun
What is a revolution?
200
the season when your shadow is the longest
What is the winter?
200
the amount of degrees the earth rotates in one hour
What is 15 degrees?
300
On which day is the sun highest in the sky?
What is June 21?
300
the season that the sun is most intense
What is June 21st?
300
the season that the earth is closest to the sun
What is winter?
300
the season during which the duration of insolation is the greatest
What is the summer?
300
the place on earth where the sun is directly overhead
What is the equator?
400
How does the altitude of the sun change from December to June?
What is it increases?
400
the reason we have different seasons on earth
What is because the earth rotates on its axis?
400
the season the earth is furthest from the sun
What is summer?
400
the season during which the duration of insolation is the shortest
What is winter?
400
the place on earth that experiences complete daylight in the summer
What is the north or south pole?
500
the dates on which the sun rises due east and sets due west
What is March 21st and September 23rd?
500
the type of heat transfer that allows the sun's energy to reach the earth
What is radiation?
500
the degrees that the earth's axis is tilted
What is 23.5 degrees?
500
the length of the day on March 21st and September 23rd
What is 12 hours?
500
the reason that the southern hemisphere experiences opposite seasons as the northern hemisphere
What is because they are tilted in the opposite direction as we are?