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What are the reasons for the seasons?
Earths tilt and revolution
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What season is it when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun?
Summer
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What are the order of the seasons?
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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What is the first day of winter?
december 21st or 22nd
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What is the first day of spring?
March 21 or 22
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what is the first day of summer?
june 21 or 22
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what is the first day of fall?
September 22 or 23
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on which two dates and seasons does the sun hit the earth directly 90 degrees at the equator?
- spring- march 21
- fall- september 22
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on which date and season does the sun hit the earth directly 90 degrees at the tropic of cancer?
summer-june 21
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on which date and season does the sun hit the earth directly 90 degrees at the tropic of capricorn?
winter- december 21
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on which two dates and seasons do all locations on earth have equal hours of day and night?
- spring- march 21
- fall- september 22
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at which latitude does the earth receive the greatest intensity of insolation on june 21, march 21, september 22, december 21?
- june 21- tropic of cancer
- march 21- equator
- september 22- equator
- december 21- tropic of capricorn
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during which season is the earth closest in the sun in its orbit?
winter
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does distance have to do with seasons
NOO
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which are the equinox seasons?
fall and spring
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In which season is the sun lowest in the sky in ny
winter
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In which season are the longest shadows casted by the Sun in NY?
Winter
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In which season is there 12 hours of daylight world wide?
fall and spring
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in which season does the north pole have 24 hours of daylight?
summer
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Are Celestial Objects in our atmosphere?
NO they appear to be
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what are 7 Celestial Objects?
- stars
- comets
- planets
- moons
- asteroids
- meteoroids
- sun
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what are the two celestial motions?
Real motion and Apparent motion
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what motion accounts for our days (24 hours)
rotation
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what motion accounts for our years (365.24 days)
revolution
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what is proof of earths rotation?
Coriolis
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what are proof of earths revolution?
- the seasons
- seeing different constellations each month
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What are the two things that change each season?
the angle of insolation and the duration of insolation
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In the summer is the angle of insolation high or low?
high so it feels stronger
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Between what two latitudes can see the 90 Degree NOON sun on a certain day?
between the tropic of capricorn and the tropic of cancer
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When the angle of insolation is shorter the shadow is..
longer
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at which season (solsitices or equinoxes) will you see 12 hours of day and 12 hours of light?
equinoxes
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where does the sun appear to rise and set?
rise in the east and set in the west
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At what time is the sun highest?
noon
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which season has the highest noon sun?
summer
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what season has the shortest daylight hours?
winter
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what latitude degree is the equator?
0 degrees
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what latitude degree is the tropic of cancer?
23.5 degrees N
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what latitude degree is the tropic of capricorn?
23.5 degrees S
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what latitude degree is the arctic circle?
66.5 degrees N
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What latitude degree is the antarctic circle?
66.5 degrees S
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what latitude degree is the north pole
90 degrees N
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what latitude degree is the south pole?
90 degrees S
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in what direction does earth revolve around the sun?
counterclockwise
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what direction does earth rotate?
west to east
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what is the angle of earths tilt?
23.5 degrees
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Is the orbit that earth takes around the sun a perfect circle?
no its elliptical
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what is Aphelion?
when earth is furthest away from the sun
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what is perihelion?
when earth is closest to the sun
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when is the aphelion?
july 2,3,4
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when is the perihelion?
january 2, 3, 4
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The higher the angle of insolation the...
stronger the intensity
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what is the zenith?
the highest angle of insolation 90 degrees
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will NY ever see the noon sun at 90 degrees ?why?
no because we are not between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn
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lower latitudes (23.5 degrees N to 23.5 degrees S) will receive ________ angles of insolation and ______ hours of daylight than higher latitudes
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