Unit 11 Seasons Vocab

This refers to what the Earth spins on each day

• rotation

• revolution

• axis

• tilt

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A person stands on a latitude of 0 degrees and sees the sun at a point directly over head. This point is called the

• Summer Solstice

• Tropic of Cancer

• Parallelism

• Zenith

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The Earth's orbit shape is not a perfect circle, but rather an oval. This oval shape is called

• Ellipse

• Insolation

• Apparent Motion

• Axis

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March 21st in the northern hemisphere. We receive 12 hours of daylight

• Fall Equinox

• Spring Equinox

• Summer Solstice

• Winter Solstice

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When an object isn't moving but appears to be moving

• Rotation

• Inclination

• Apparent Motion

• Ellipse

The yearly motion of the earth. This takes about 365 1/4 days for the Earth to go around the sun

• Parallelism

• Zenith

• Capricorn

• Revolution

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September 21st in the northern hemisphere. We receive 12 hours of daylight

• Fall Equinox

• Winter Solstice

• Summer Solstice

• Spring Equinox

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23 1/2 Degrees North

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

23 1/2 Degrees South

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Equator

• Prime Meriden

This is the tilt of the Earth.

• Insolation

• Parallelism

• Inclination

• Zenith

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