What causes seasons
Axis of Rotation
Revolution and Orbit
Diagrams
Hodgepodge
100
The reason we have seasons.
What is the tilt on the axis?
100
Imaginary line that runs through the center of earth.
What is axis?
100
The earth revolves around this.
What is THE SUN?
100
The season at point A.
What is Winter?
100
The earth is divided into these.
What is hemispheres?
200
One revolution around the sun.
What is 365 days?
200
What is the other name for the north star?
Polaris
200
This season happens for the Northern Hemisphere when the earth is the farthest from the sun.
What is Summer?
200
Season at point C
What is summer?
200
The direction the earth rotates.
What is counterclockwise?
300
The turning of earth on it's axis.
What is rotation?
300
What does the north pole always face
The north star
300
One factor that causes leaves to change color in the fall.
What is the amount of daylight?
300
The warmest place on earth.
What is the equator?
300
The directions the sun appears to move across the sky.
What is east to west?
400
This is one rotation of the earth.
What is 24 hours?
400
Why do we have night and day
The rotation of the Earth on the axis
400
This is the longest day of the year for the northern hemisphere.
June 21st/Summer Solstice
400
The label that corresponds with B.
What is fall?
400
The two days when night and day are equal.
What are the spring and fall equinox?
500
This gives us days and nights.
What is rotation?
500
This is polaris.
What is The North Star?
500
What is the two days that have the same amount of day light
March 22nd September 22nd/ Spring and Fall equinox
500
Label that corresponds with H.
What is winter?
500
What is Earth's Obliquity angle
21.4 to 24.4