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Question | Answer |
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What are the dates for the spring equinox? | March 20/21 |
What are the dates for the fall equinox? | September 22/23 |
What are the dates for the summer solstice? | June 21/22 |
What are the dates for the winter solstice? | December 21/22 |
Why do we have a leap year? | To account for all the 1/4 days over a 4 year span. |
What two things can kick off the beginning of a season? | Equinox or Solstice |
When one body moves around another body in space. | revolution |
What is the spinning of a body on its axis? | rotation |
What two things determine the seasons? | Tilt of Earth and spherical shape |
How long is one Earth day? | 24 hours |
How long is one Earth year? | 365 1/4 days |
When it is fall in the Southern Hemisphere, what is it in the Northern Hemisphere? | spring |
The rotation of the Earth causes? | night and day |
We have the longest hours of daylight and most intense heat when the Earth is tilted | toward the sun |
We have the shortest hours of daylight and the least intense heat when the Earth is tilted | away from the sun |
What is the time called that has three months of total daylight? | Midnight sun |
What is the time called that has three months of total darkness? | Polar nights |
This is a pattern of temperature changes and weather trends. | seasons |
What degree is the tilt of the Earth | 23.5 |