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seasons
earth science
| seasons | |
|---|---|
| Axis | An imaginary line the extends through the earth's north pole and out the south pole; tilted and 23.5 |
| rotation | To spin on an axis |
| revolution | movement in an elliptical path around a center |
| season cycle | The cycle of the summer, fall winter and spring due to variation in intensity of the sun and length of the day cause by the tilt of the earth |
| Day/Night cycle | The cycle of daytime and nighttime cause by the rotation of the earth about its axis |
| Equator | An imaginary line drawn half way between the northern and southern poles; divides the northern and southern hemisphere |
| Hemisphere | Half of a sphere; the earth is typically divided into the northern and southern hemispheres |