Seasons

Question 1

The seasons depend on what?

Answer 1

The seasons depend on which pole of Earth is tilted toward the sun. When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun it is summer in the north and winter in the south and vice versa.

Question 2

An invisible line running through the North and South Poles..

Answer 2

Axis

Question 3

The angle a planet makes with the plane of its orbit. Earth’s is 23.5 degrees. To lean in a certain direction.

Answer 3

Tilt

Question 4

The spinning of a planet.

Answer 4

Rotation

Question 5

An object’s orbital motion around another object.

Answer 5

Revolution

Question 6

Concentrated Sunlight falling right on a specific area.

Answer 6

Direct Sun

Question 7

Light that is spread out over a large area; this occurs when the light from the sun comes from an angle.

Answer 7

Indirect Sun

Question 8

The curved elliptical path of an object around another object in the Universe.

Answer 8

Orbit

Question 9

The four divisions of the year determined by the earth’s tilted axis

Answer 9

Seasons

Question 10

Twice each year, the sun reaches its maximum or minimum. This creates the longest and shortest “day”

Answer 10

Solstice

Question 11

What word means equal night and occurs when the sun’s light lands exactly on the Equator causing the light to fall equally on both hemispheres. These are the days that experience 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night. This happens two times each year.

Answer 11

Equinox

Question 12

How many scientific days are in a year?

Answer 12

365.25

Question 13

How many scientific days are in a month?

Answer 13

30.417

Question 14

The Earth is tilted at

Answer 14

23.5 degrees.

Question 15

The Earth is tilted at

Answer 15

23.5 degrees.

Question 16

What 2 factors are the reason for seasons?

Answer 16

1. Revolution
2. Tilted axis

Question 17

What 2 factors are needed to label the Northern Hemisphere’s Summer season?

Answer 17

1. Northern axis pointing toward the sun
2. Northern Hemisphere in direct sunlight

Question 18

It is summer in the hemisphere tilted (away from, toward) the sun.

Answer 18

Toward

Question 19

It is winter in the hemisphere tilted (away from, toward) the sun.

Answer 19

Away From

Question 20

The seasons are (the same, reversed) in the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

Answer 20

Reversed

Question 21

What month does the summer solstice occur? What is special about this day?

Answer 21

June, the most amount of daylight hours

Question 22

What month does the winter solstice occur? What is special about this day?

Answer 22

December, the least amount of daylight hours

Question 23

What month does the spring equinox occur? What is special about this day?

Answer 23

March, equal amount of day and night (12 hours of each)

Question 24

What month does the fall equinox occur? What is special about this day?

Answer 24

September, equal amount of day and night (12 hours of each)

Question 25

Mandy thinks the Earth’s axis changes directions depending on where the Earth is in orbit. Julie thinks the Earth’s axis stays in the same position no matter where the Earth is in orbit.
Who is correct?

Answer 25

Julie is correct. The Earth’s axis stays the same throughout its orbit.

Question 26

True or False: If the answer is false, please make the statement true.

The Earth’s tilt doesn’t change, so the amount of sunlight reaching a specific area of Earth also does not change.

Answer 26

False: The Earth’s tilt doesn’t change, so the amount of sunlight reaching a specific area of the earth DOES change. (Think about the solstices and equinoxes)

Question 27

True or False: If the answer is false, please make the statement true.

The south pole experiences only 24 hours of darkness and the north pole only experiences only 24 hours of daylight.

Answer 27

False: The south pole experiences 24 hours of daylight on the winter solstice and 24 hours of nighttime on the summer solstice. The north pole experiences 24 hours of daylight on the summer solstice and 24 hours of nighttime on the winter solstice.