Days, Years, and Seasons

24 Hours

• A day on Earth

• A full orbit of the Sun around Earth

• A solar orbit

• A full rotation of the sun on its axis

365 Earth days

• A solar year

• A calendar year

• A leap year

• A lunar year

365.25 Earth days

• A solar year

• A calendar year

• A leap year

• A lunar year

366 Earth days

• A solar year

• A calendar year

• A leap year

• A lunar year

A full orbit of a planet around its star

• A solar year

• A calendar year

• A lunar year

• A full day

The full rotation of a planet on its central axis

• A day

• A solar day

• A leap day

• 24 hours

To sync our calendar year with our solar year

• The reason we orbit the sun

• The reason we have a leap year

• The reason of seasons

• The reason why we have Christmas in December

The difference between a calendar year and a solar year on earth

• 60 minutes

• 6 days

• 6 hours

• 0.25 years

The season where we receive direct light from the Sun

• Summer

• Winter

• Spring

• Autumn

The season where we receive indirect light from the Sun

• Summer

• Winter

• Spring

• Autumn