What is it called when a still object seems to move to an observer?
Apparent Motion
100
A time of year with characteristic weather is called a _________________.
Season
100
At noon when the sun is high, a shadow cast on a vertical object is ____________.
In the early morning or afternoon when the sun is low, a shadow cast by a vertical object is _____________.
Short and long
100
Name the 2 reasons the air temperature in equatorial locations varies very little during the year:
1. Sunlight strikes directly on this part of earth.
2.The length of daytime and nighttime is equal
100
True or false: In locations near the poles, temperature varies greatly during the year.
True
200
The dark area that is formed when an object blocks light is called?
A Shadow
200
What causes seasons?
The tilt of Earth's axis as it revolves around the sun is the cause of seasons.
200
A shadow extends in the in the _____________ direction of the sun. For instance if sun rises in the east, the shadow will be cast to the _____________.
opposite
west
200
What changes during seasons in regions near the equator?
The level of precipitation.
200
What are the two seasons at the poles?
Summer and Winter
300
This word means the movement of a body in space around another.
revolution
300
Places between the equator and the poles have how many seasons?
4 distinct seasons
300
In the winter, when the sun is low in the sky, the shadow cast is __________________________ than in the summer.
longer
300
The season near the equator where there is heavy rainfall is called a _____________.
rainy season
400
An ____________ is the path a body follows as it revolves around another body.
Orbit
400
When the Earth is tilted towards the sun and it is summer time in the Northern Hemisphere. However, when this occurs it is ________________ in the Southern Hemisphere.
Winter
400
During the summer, when the sun appears higher in the shy, shadows cast are _____________ than the are in winter when
shorter / smaller
400
Name of the country where monsoon raind and wind occur.
India
400
True or false:
The winter in the polar region has the same amount of sunlight as the summer.
False, the polar region often has little to no sunlight during the winter while summer sunlight all day.
500
When the earth is tilted neither towards or away from the sun, it is either __________________ or ___________________.
Fall or spring
500
True or false: During the winter, the sun's rays are more direct that in the summer months and the sun appears higher in the sky.
False,
During the summer, the sun's rays are more direct than in the winter and the sun appears higher in the sky.
500
True or False: In equatorial locations, seasons are determined by air temperature.
False: In equatorial locations, seasons are determined by precipitation levels.
500
Fill in the blanks:
The season occurring in the northern hemisphere at any given time is ___________ the season occurring simultaneously/