Suns Path and Seasons

This is the point that is always directly above the observers head

• 180 degrees

• Zenith

• North Celestial Pole

• The Sun

The reason for the temperature changes during the seasons is

• We are closer to the Sun in the summer and farther in the winter

• The axis is tilted toward the Sun in the summer making us closer to the Sun

• The axis is tilted toward the Sun in the summer giving us more direct sunlight

• We are opposite of the southern hemisphere

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What is important if you go to the Arctic Circle, or above?

• The Sun will not rise for 6 months

• The Sun will not set for 6 months

• The Sun will not rise for a certain amount of days depending on the latitude.

• They make great hamburgers

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What would happen if there wasn't a tilt on the Earth? Mark all that apply

• The temperatures would be the same all year round at your latitude much like fall and spring

• The seasons would be more extreme, hotter summers and colder winters

• There would be 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night everyday of the year.

• The Sun would rise in the west and set in the east

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What causes the Sun to appear to move around us during the day?

• The orbit of Earth around the Sun

• The tilt of the Earth's axis

• The rotation of the Earth on its axis

• The Sun is rotating around us because Earth is in the center

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On 3/21 at the equator, the Sun's path will be _____________ to the horizon.

• Parallel

• Perpendicular

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The earth is tilted on its _____

• line
• equator
• axis
• core

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The earth rotates every

• 24 hours
• 15 hours
• 365 days
• hour

Day and night are caused by - 

• Rotation
• Revolution

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In this diagram, the motion of the EARTH can best be described as -

• Rotation
• Revolution

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