Seasons worksheet

Please, upon starting the program, notice where the person is standing. Don't change that!

• She is standing ON the equator

• She is standing slightly above the equator

• She is standing slightly below the equator

How is the Northern Hemisphere pointing in early January?

• Directly up and down

• Towards the sun

• Away from the sun

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At any given point, what % of the Earth is illuminated?

• 25%

• 50%

• 100%

• It depends where you are

After moving your Earth to March 21st, please tell me what day this is for the Northern Hemisphere:

• Spring Equinox

• Summer Solstice

• Fall Equinox

• Winter Solstice

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With your date still on March 21st, what do you notice about the sun ray box (on the bottom right)

• The sun's angle on the earth is very slanted

• The sun's angle on the earth is very direct

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Click play and watch the animation for an entire year (actually about 20 seconds of your life)

• Done

• I did not complete this task

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Now get to June 21st, and click "view from sun" so that your globe looks like the above image. What statement is true.

• The North pole is getting almost no sunlight

• The North pole is getting sunlight all day

• This is the least sun the North pole will get all year

• The North Pole has something like 15 hour days here.

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Still on June 21st... what day is this to the SOUTHERN Hemisphere?

• Fall Equinox

• Winter Solstice

• Spring Equinox

• Summer Solstice

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A term for when the most direct sunlight hits the equator, and all of the world experiences 12 hour days, and 12 hour nights:

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Now, while still on June 21^st, click on the “view from side” button and move the person to the white spot . What happens to the solar ray angles (in the box below)?

• The angle gets less direct

• The angle gets more direct

• Nothing happens

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