The Four Seasons
Start of each Season
Tilt of the Earth
Definitions
BONUS :)
100

What are the four seasons?

Summer, Spring, Fall (Autumn), Winter

100
Summer takes place from June to _______
September
100

Which season has the longest daylight hours in the Northern Hemisphere?

Summer

100

What are Solctices?

-Summer & Winter

- The longest or shortest days of the year

100
Does the earth revolve around the sun.. or does the sun revolve around the earth?
The earth revolves around the sun
200
What is a season?
A period of weather, temperature changes and hours of sunlight that correspond to a certain location on Earth
200

On the days of the equinoxes, how many hours of sunlight does the earth receive?

12

200
Earth has a tilt of how many degrees?
23.5 degrees
200
What are Equinoxes? 
Equinoxes are days in which day and night are of equal duration - 12 hours. 
200

Low Sun angle leads to what type of temperatures?

Cooler temperatures 

300

What is the angle of Earth’s tilt?

23.5 degrees

300

What are the times called when the Earth’s axis has its greatest tilt toward or away from the Sun?

Solstices :)

300
What is another name to call the tilt of the earth?
Axis
300

Which hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun during December?

Southern Hemisphere?

300

What is the name of Earth moving around the Sun?

Revolution 

400
Which two seasons occur when the sun is 'hitting' most directly at the equator?
Spring and autumn
400
When Spring and Autumn begin, where is the sun?
Directly above the equator
400
The Sun’s light strikes Earth at different angles during Earth’s revolution around the Sun. Does this cause seasons?
True! the Sun's light strikes earth at different angles around the sun,  causing seasons
400

What is the name of Earth spinning on its axis?

Rotation.

400
It takes how many days for Earth to go around the sun?
365.25 days
500

What are the reasons for our seasons?

There are two reasons

~Earth's rotation around the sun 

 ~The tilt of the Earth's axis

500
The March equinox is the beginning of what season in the Southern Hemisphere?
Autumn
500

High Sun angle means more or less direct sunlight?

direct sunlight?

500
What is the equator?
An imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles
500

What is your assignment tomorrow?

Async assessment