Seasons
Vocabulary
· The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours
· Earth’s rotation causes day and night
· The Earth revolves around the Sun once every 365.25 days
· The Earth is tilted on its axis (23.5 degrees from center)
· Revolution coupled with the tilt are what cause the Earth to experience seasons
· Seasons are opposite in opposite hemispheres
· The tilt of the Earth causes sunlight to be direct or indirect depending on where you live and time of year
· Seasons affect length of day and temperature, which affect other cycles such as weather and plant growth
- Rotation
- revolution
- orbit
- seasons
- axis
- tilt
- Northern Hemisphere
- Southern Hemisphere
- direct sunlight
- summer solstice
- winter solstice
- autumnal equinox
- vernal equinox
· The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours
· Earth’s rotation causes day and night
· The Earth revolves around the Sun once every 365.25 days
· The Earth is tilted on its axis (23.5 degrees from center)
· Revolution coupled with the tilt are what cause the Earth to experience seasons
· Seasons are opposite in opposite hemispheres
· The tilt of the Earth causes sunlight to be direct or indirect depending on where you live and time of year
· Seasons affect length of day and temperature, which affect other cycles such as weather and plant growth