Vocabulary
An object spinning around on its axis
What is Rotation?
Sunlight that is directed to a smaller area
What is direct sunlight?
The earth is warmed by the
What is Sun?
With Indirect sunlight, the temperature would be:
Hotter or Colder?
What is colder?
When is the next Equinox?
What is Sept 21?
An object moving around another object
What is Revolution?
Sunlight that shines on the earth at an angle and is more spread out
What is Indirect Sunlight?
How many hemispheres does planet Earth have?
What is 2?
1 Revolution =
What is 1 year (365 days)?
When the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing Winter, the Southern hemisphere is experiencing...
What is Summer?
The path a planet takes around the sun
What is orbit?
This is 23.5 degrees
What is the Earth's Tilt?
What is the part of Earth called North of the Equator?
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
1 Rotation=
1 day (24 hours)
When the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing summer, the Southern hemisphere is experiencing...
What is Winter?
The orbit of a earth is not a circle it is an
What is Ellipse?
June 21st is the...
What is the Summer Solstice?
What is the part of Earth called South of the Equator?
What is the Southern Hemisphere?
Come to the board and draw the image of the Earth that represents winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
Your image must include:
The Earth's tilt toward or away from the sun
The Direct or indirect sunlight arrows from the Sun
Let's see it Picasso!!!
Come to the board and draw the image of the Earth that represents Summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
Your image must include:
The Earth's tilt toward or away from the sun
The Direct or indirect sunlight arrows from the Sun
Let's see it Michaelangelo!!!!
The imaginary line that divides the earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere
What is the Equator?
The day of the year that has the shortest amount of sunlight...
What is Dec 21 or the Winer Solstice?
With Direct sunlight, the temperature would be: Hotter or Colder?
What is Hotter?
List the 3 main reasons for the Seasons
1. Earth's tilt
2. The revolution around the sun
3. Direct and Indirect Sunlight
This happens twice per year on Sept 21, and March 21 in which day and night are of EQU-al lengths of day and night
What is Equinox?