Seasons

Reviewing Day and Night The Earth is a **sphere.** The Earth rotates, or spins, in place like a basketball on your finger. Click on the links below to answer the questions.


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[] || What does earth's constant rotation cause us to experience? It causes us to go from day to night. How long does it take earth to complete one rotation? One rotation takes 24 hours. From which direction does the sun rise? The west side. From which direction does the sun set? The east side. What do you think would happen if the Earth stopped rotating? How would this effect human life? It would affect human life by being be dark everyday for one side of the earth and always sunny on the other. Key Concept about Earth's rotation: That we need the earths rotation so each side can get night and day. || North and south What do you notice about the Earth's position when the axis appears? The earth is tilted What two hemispheres does the equator divide the earth into? North hemispheres and south hemispheres ||
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 * [] || What poles does the Earth's axis run through?


 * Direct Light || Angled or Indirect light ||
 * It's hot and getting direct sunlight in one spot. || It's not as hot and light spreds all over. ||

Key Concept: Which produces more heat? Which produces less? Is the Earth's tilt always pointing the the right or the left? The earth's tilt is always pointing to the right. No because they always have the oppisite season. || Northern Hemisphere
 * Do the Northern and Southern Hemispheres ever experience the same season? What do you notice about their seasons?

indirct || spring equal || summer direct || fall equal ||
 * winter

Southern Hemisphere


 * winter || spring || summer || fall ||
 * indirect || equal || direct || equa ||

No bubble explaining the tilt!