Vocabulary
Dates
Reason for Seasons
Solar Radiation
Misc.
Draw
100
A period of the year identified by changes in hours of daylight and weather.
What are seasons?
100
June 21 in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is the summer solstice, or first day of summer?
100
This takes 365.25 days.
What is one revolution around the Sun?
100
This is the line of latitude at zero degrees.
What is the equator?
100
This is the relation of distance from the Sun and seasons.
What is there is no relation!?
100
This is a 900 solar angle which causes warmer temperatures.
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200
The reference star pointed to by Earth’s North Pole.
What is the North Star?
200
The first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is December 21st?
200
This is the angle tilt of the Earth's axis.
What is 23.5 degrees?
200
More direct Sun's rays cause this.
What is increased energy or temperature?
200
No tilt on the Earth's axis would result in this.
What is no seasons?
200
This is a 150 solar angle which causes colder temperatures.
300
This is spinning on an axis.
What is rotation?
300
The spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere.
What is March 21st?
300
This is traveling around something.
What is revolution?
300
This is what causes day and night.
What is the rotation of the Earth?
300
This is the imaginary circle around Earth or a celestial object that is everywhere the same distance from the poles.
What is the equator?
300
Fill in the table for hours of daylight and the season.
Daylight Darkness Season
15 hours ______ _______
What is
Daylight Darkness Season
15 hours 9 hours summer
400
The way a light beam covers a larger area when it hits a surface at an angle.
What is beam spreading?
400
First day of winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
What is June 21st?
400
During the summer we have warmer temperatures because of these two reasons.
What is longer hours of daylight and more direct rays of the Sun?
400
This is the distance measured on Earth's surface east or west of the prime meridian.
What is longitude?
400
This is the relationship between seasons in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is they are opposite?
400
Draw the reason for day and night.
What is
500
The angular distance north or south from Earth’s equator. (lines)
What is latitude?
500
First day of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.
What is March 21st?
500
During the Northern Hemisphere's winter this pole is tilted toward the Sun.
What is the Southern Hemisphere?
500
On December 21st the Sun is directly overhead at this latitude.
What is 23.5 degrees south latitude?
500
In a North Polar view this is the direction the Earth moves around the Sun.
What is counter clockwise?
500
This is the diagram for why we have seasons.
What is
