Notes for YouTube Seasons Clip
What is the axis of the earth?
What is the angle of the tilt of the axis?
What does the tilt of the axis result in?
What does this cause – variations in duration of ______________, _________________ and
_____________, the location of the overhead sun and the angle that the sun hits the earth.
The location of the overhead sun results in the amount of solar radiation received.
Spring Equinox (Northern hemisphere) – Mar, 21 - 22
Where on earth is the overhead sun at 90 degrees?
It is the ______________ equinox in the northern hemisphere and the ___________________ equinox
in the southern hemisphere.
The angle of the sun ________________ toward the poles.
The length of day and night is the same at all places on the earth and is ______________ hours.
After this day, it becomes _________________ in the northern hemisphere where the day is
____________ than the night and in the southern hemisphere, it becomes ____________ where the
day is ______________________ than the night.
Summer Solstice (Northern Hemisphere) - June 21 - 22
Where on earth is the overhead sun at 90 degrees?
It is the ______________ solstice in the northern hemisphere and the ___________________ solstice
the southern hemisphere.
The angle of the sun ________________ toward the poles.
The length of day in the northern hemisphere is the ________________ in the year and the length of
day in the southern hemisphere is the _____________________ in the year.
In the Arctic Circle; there are 24 hours of _________________, in the Antarctic Circle; there are 24
hours of ___________________.
Autumn equinox (Northern Hemisphere) – Sept. 22- 23
Where on earth is the overhead sun at 90 degrees?
The equator receives the largest amount of solar radiation.
It is the ______________ equinox in the northern hemisphere and the ___________________ equinox
in the southern hemisphere.
The angle of the overhead sun ________________ toward the poles.
The length of day and night is the same at all places on the earth and is ______________ hours.
After this day, it becomes _________________ in the northern hemisphere where the day is
____________ than the night and in the southern hemisphere, it becomes ____________ where the
day is ______________________ than the night.
Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere) - Dec 21 - 22
Where on earth is the overhead sun at 90 degrees?
It is the ______________ solstice in the northern hemisphere and the ___________________ solstice
the southern hemisphere.
The angle of the sun ________________ toward the poles.
The length of day in the northern hemisphere is the ________________ in the year and the length of
day in the southern hemisphere is the _____________________ in the year.
In the Arctic Circle; there are 24 hours of _________________, in the Antarctic Circle; there are 24
hours of ___________________.