AOTW 1/8/24 Weather

The sun...

• Comes up every day

• Rotates around the earth

• Stays still while the Earth moves

• Tilts according to the seasons

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The curving path of the sun through the sky is known as...

• Sunrise

• Sunset

• Sun spot

• Day arc

• Dawn curvature

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

As the sun rises higher in the day arc...

• It appears to swing to the south in the northern hemisphere

• It appears to swing to the north in the southern hemisphere

• It appears to rise in a straight path through the middle

• Both - It appears to swing to the south in the northern hemisphere AND

  It appears to swing to the north in the southern hemisphere

• None of these

The sun's power throughout the day...

• remains constant

• varies

• cycles

• grows steadily more powerful

• None of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The sun's power varies throughout the day because of...

• sunspots

• the changing angle at which it hits the ground

• the distance between the earth and the sun

• the changing weather patterns

• All of these

The sun's power is strongest and most concentrated when...

• It first rises

• Just before sunset

• Both at sunrise and sunset

• At midday when it appears highest in the sky

• Halfway between sunrise and noon and halfway between noon and sunset

When the sun appears lower in the sky...

• Its power is weaker

• Its rays are more spread out

• It is near sunrise or sunset

• All of these are true

• None of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The day arc varies depending on...

• the temperature of the air masses

• the barometric pressure

• the distance you are from the equator

• the altitude of where you are located

• All of these are true

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The day arc is highest or steepest

• at the north pole

• at the south pole

• in the tropics

• in the winter

• after the spring equinox

The day arc is lowest or shallowest

• at the north pole

• at the south pole

• in the tropics

• in the winter

• at both the north and south pole