Fast and Curious - Seasons

latitude

• distance north or south of the Equator

• distance east or west of the Prime Meridian

longitude

• distance north or south of the Equator

• distance east or west of the Prime Meridian

hemisphere

• half of the Earth

• distance north or south of the Equator

• distance east or west of the Prime Meridian

Date when one hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun.

( June 21 and December 21 )

• solstice

• equinox

• spring

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Date when neither hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun.

( March 21 and September 21 )

• solstice

• equinox

• winter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

rotation

• spinning of the Earth on its axis

• movement of the Earth around the Sun

• movement of the Sun around the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

revolution

• spinning of the Earth on its axis

• movement of the Earth around the Sun

• movement of the Sun around the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

24 hours.

It gives us day and night.

• rotation

• revolution

• tilt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

365 1/4 days, or 1 year.

It is one reason we experience seasons.

• rotation

• revolution

• axis

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

An imaginary line around which the Earth spins or rotates.

• Equator

• axis

• Prime Meridian