Seasons

TEK 8.7A: Model and illustrate how the tilted Earth rotates on its axis, causing day and night, and revolves around the Sun causing changes in seasons.

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rotation

Earth completes one rotation on its axis about every 24 hours. What would be the most likely result if Earth completed one rotation on its axis every 12 hours?

No tilt means..

Tilt + Revolution causes...

Equator

What location on Earth experiences drastic changes in daylight hours?

Mel is observing a time-lapse picture of a stars in the night sky on Tuesday. What explains why the stars appear to move across the sky during the night?

When the tilt is toward the sun, what season?

A student in Texas is getting ready for school while another student across the world is getting ready for bed. What is the cause of that phenomenon?

In December, the South Pole is tilted closer to the Sun at any other time of the year and the North Pole is tilted the furthest from the Sun. What is the Northern hemisphere experiencing at that time?

When tilt is away?

When the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, the southern hemisphere is tilted ____ from the sun.

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