space cycles earth, moon, and sun seasons chapter 14
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Space CyclesSpace CyclesEarth, Moon, and Sun Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons
Chapter 14
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Words to know:• Axis - imaginary
line around which Earth spins, causing day and night
• Drawn from the north geographic pole through Earth to the south geographic pole
http://vortex.plymouth.edu/sun/axis.gif
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Words to know:
• Rotation - spinning of Earth on its axis, which causes day and night
• Takes 24 hours for Earth to complete one rotation
http://vortex.plymouth.edu/sun/rot8_an.gif
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Words to know:
• Revolution - the motion of Earth around the Sun, which takes about 365 1/4 days, or one year, to complete
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us
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The Earth’s Tilt
• The Earth's axis is tilted by 23.5°
• At any moment, half= day, half= night
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/fsd/astro/season.htm
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http://www.cyberphysics.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/topics/physics/magnetsm/meridians.gif
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• As the Earth moves around the Sun, this axis stays always pointing in the same direction.
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• When the northern hemisphere is leaning away from the sun, the rays coming from it hit this part of the Earth at a smaller angle than on other parts of the world.
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• This means that the same amount of light is distributed over a larger surface, and so these places receive less heat than the others.
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• The southern hemisphere is experiencing Summer, the northern hemisphere has Winter.
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• In half a year, the situation reverses, and it is now Winter in the southern hemisphere since that part of the earth is now leaning away from the sun.
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• The energy that hits the Earth by the Sun changes over of the year.
• The angle the Sun is above the horizon determines how much heat and light strike each square meter of ground.
http://inkido.indiana.edu/a100/celestialsphere5.html
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• In the winter the Sun's energy is weakened because the Sun's ray strike the ground rather indirectly as compared to the summer months when the Sun's rays strike the ground more directly.
http://inkido.indiana.edu/a100/celestialsphere5.html
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So, seasons are caused the So, seasons are caused the tilt of the Earth’s axis!!tilt of the Earth’s axis!!
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Remember:
• The seasons are the result of this tilt of the Earth's axis.
• If the tilt of the Earth's axis was 0° there would be no difference in how the rays from the sun hit its different regions, and there would be no seasons.
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•The Earth's seasons are not caused by the differences in the distance from the Sun throughout the year.
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ReviewLook closely at where the Sun is hitting the Earth
during each season:
http://Search.Lycos.com/setup.asp?r=5&src=clear2&query=weather+savvy
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http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Seasons.shtml
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