Vocabulary 2/3-2/7 8th

The four divisions of the year marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours

• Seasons

• Northern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Autumnal Equinox

• Summer Solstice

The part of the planet that is north of the equator.

• seasons

• Northern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Autumnal Equinox

• Summer Solstice

The half of Earth that is south of the equator

• seasons

• northern hemisphere

• southern hemisphere

• Autumnal Equinox

• summer solstice

the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth adn occurring about September 22 in the Northern Hemisphere; beginning of Fall

• seasons

• Northern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Autumnal Equinox

• Summer solstice

The time that marks the onset of summer when the northern hemisphere of Earth is tilted toward the sun; longest amount of daylight hours; about June 21 in the Northern Hemisphere

• seasons

• Northern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Autumnal Equinox

• Summer Solstice