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In Earth's orbit, at which position is it summer in the Southern Hemisphere? When the Southern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun.
Which movement of Earth helps cause seasonal change? Earth’s tilt combined with its revolution around the Sun.
Why does one point on Earth have longer daylight than another? The hemisphere tilted toward the Sun gets longer daylight hours.
On Earth, why might one point have day and one point have night? The side facing the Sun is in day, and the side away from the Sun is in night.
: What differences exist between the Northern & Southern Hemispheres, and what causes them? They experience opposite seasons because Earth’s tilted axis causes each hemisphere to receive different amounts of sunlight as Earth revolves.
A right-angle Sun–Earth–Moon alignment causes what tide? A neap tide → smallest difference between high & low tide.
When Earth, the Moon, and the Sun form a straight alignment, what tidal pattern occurs? Spring tides → greatest difference between high & low tide
During which lunar phase are tides highest? Full moon or New moon → spring tides.
What tide do the Sun, Moon, and Earth in a position causing the strongest tides? When the Sun, Moon, and Earth are in a straight line → spring tide.
Why does the Moon affect tides more than the Sun? The Moon has a greater impact because it's closer to Earth.
: What describes a neap tide? Smallest difference between high and low tide Sun and Moon’s gravity on Earth is at a right angle (perpendicular)
What is the definition of rotation? Turning or spinning on its axis
What is an axis? an imaginary line that runs through both poles of the eart
When does the earth complete one rotation? In 24 hours the earth goes through one rotation.
What is the definition of revolution? Circling around another object.
What is the definition of orbit? The path an objects takes when revolving around another object
How many days does it take to revolve around the sun? 365 days
What is the angle earth is titled to? 23.5 degrees
Do the northern and southern hemisphere experience the same seasons? No, the northern and the southern hemisphere experience different seasons.
Is the winter solstice the shortest day of the year? Yes
Is it because of the earth's tilt we have seasons? Yes
spring tide spring tides are the highest tides
neap tides neap tides are where the sun and the moon have low tides and high and the angle is at 90
spring tide When the Sun and Moon are aligned and pull at the oceans together, they produce this tide with a wide tidal range.
moon phases of a spring tide full moon and new moon
moon phases of a neap tide first and third quarter
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