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What does the arrow point to on a compass
The north pole.
Not looking for axial tilt (that's the how)
What determines the season an area is experiencing?
Which area always has the same season year-round?
The amount and the intensity (direct or indirect) of the light it receives.
The equator
What latitude (name and degree) splits the Earth into two equal halves?
The Equator 0o
What term describes our day-and-night cycle?
Rotation
What happens when you cut a magnet in half? Would they attract or repel?
You get two smaller magnets, and they would attract
N-S ===> n-s +n-s
Why does a compass align with Earth's poles?
Earth is a giant magnet.
Starting with Summer, list the seasons in reverse order.
Summer, Spring, Winter, Fall.
The latitude name and degree that marks the furthest South direct light will reach.
*** What is its counterpart?***
Tropic of Capricorn and 23.5 S o
Tropic of Cancer and 23.5 ° N
The term that causes us to have a year?
Revolution (may also accept orbit)
Draw the two positions of Earth (with its axis) during the northern hemisphere's summer and autumn, based on the models we did.
Sun in the middle, Earth to the side, the north axis should point towards the sun, working counterclockwise, autumn should follow it
What is a way to break/interfere with a compass?
*** Give a second method.***
Generate a strong magnetic field near it (it is attracted to the strongest NEARBY field.
Demagnetize the arrow (extreme heat, strong impact)
Induce the wrong charge on it with another magnet.
What causes Earth to have different seasons?
Its axial tilt and location in its orbit (revolution)
Which latitude receives direct sunlight year-round, and how many hours of daylight does it receive?
Equator 0o and 12 hours
What would happen if Earth stopped rotating?
Address day/night and seasons.
The day and night would become a full year. Seasons would become way more intense.
In a magnet, the domains are...? and strongest at the ...?
Aligned and at the poles.
What characteristic about Earth allows it to work with a compass?
Earth has a liquid metal core (iron and nickel) that generates its magnetic field.
If it's summer in West Hartford, what was the previous season in Australia?
Autumn
Name the two latitudes, and also their degrees, that mark the areas that experience no sunlight at certain times of the year.
Arctic Circle 66.5°N and Antarctic Circle 66.5°S
What are the names of the other lines on a map or globe?
And give me an easy way to remember which is which.
Longitude.
Latitude lie fLATtitude, or latitude makes the sLATS on a ladder, or longitude lines are all LONG
What would happen to the number of time zones if Earth's rotation slowed down?
*** If you travel west towards Madagascar, it is 17 time zones away. What time is it currently there
They would increase in number.
24 - 17 = 7, So 7 times zones east would be + 7 hours from current time.
How do rocks show scientists that the core has swapped its magnetic poles in the past?
The alignment of the domains in the rocks flips back and forth.
->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->
<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-<-
->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->
Compare and contrast 5 different things between summer and winter.
*** Provide 3 more***
Temperature, daylight, light intensity, oxygen levels, carbon dioxide levels, animal activity, photosynthesis, humidity
Currently, what is happening to the amount of sunlight in Antarctica?
The daylight is increasing (it is spring) and will eventually hit 24 hours of light on December 21st
What would happen to the Seasons if Earth's axial tilt increased to 35o
The summer and winter would be more intense. Tropic lines would travel further to 35O and the Arctic and Antarctic circles would shift down 55O.
What would happen to the magnetosphere if Earth stopped rotating? Then what would happen if it only stopped revolving?
It would disappear; it would stay the same.