Seasons

​Seasons ​

What does earth's constant rotation cause us to experience? How long does it take earth to complete one rotation? From which direction does the sun rise? From which direction does the sun set? What do you think would happen if the Earth stopped rotating? How would this effect human life?

Key Concept about Earth's rotation: Without the rotation there would be no human life.

1. The earths constant rotation causes us to experince day and night.

2. It takes 24 hours for the earth to make one complete rotation.

3. The sun rises in the east.

4. The sun sets in the west.

5. I think if the earth stopped rotating half of the earth would get very dark and cold because without the sun on that side of the earth there would be no heat and there would be no light and if the earth stopped rotating that would mean that there is no gravity so we would all fly away into outerspace because there would not be any gravity to hold us down to the earth so human life would not be able to survive.

What poles does the Earth's axis run through? What do you notice about the Earth's position when the axis appears? What two hemispheres does the equator divide the earth into?

1. The earth runs through the north pole.

2. When the earth appears on the axis it is tilted on an angle.

3. The norther and the southern.



and it was very warm and circuler. || It was more spred out and not that warm and was not any shape. ||
 * Direct Light || Angled or Indirect light ||
 * It was concentrated on one spot

Is the Earth's tilt always pointing the the right or the left? Do the Northern and Southern Hemispheres ever experience the same season? What do you notice about their seasons?

1.The earths tilt is always pointing to the right.

2.Yes but at different time periods.

3.I noticed that they all last for the same amount of time.

Northern Hemisphere


 * winter || spring || summer || fall ||
 * Inderrect || Equal || Inderrect || Equal ||

Southern Hemisphere


 * winter || spring || summer || fall ||
 * Dirrect || Equal || Dirrect || Equal ||

amount of daylight || Shortest day of the year. || There are only 12 hours of the day and night. || The longest day of the year. || Day and night are both 12 hours long. ||
 * || winter solstice || spring equinox || summer solstice || fall equinox ||
 * Date || 22 December || 21 March || 21 June || 22 September ||
 * Describe the



According to NASA, how many days does it take for the moon to orbit the earth? Where does the moon get its light from? What causes us to see different parts of the lighted moon? How many phases of the moon are there? What are each of the phases called? What does "waxing" mean? What does "waning" mean? 1. It takes 24 hours for the earth to make one full rotation around the moon. 2. The moon gets its light from the sun. 3. The angle that the earth is on is why we see the moon light in different spots. 4. There are 8 phases of the moon. 5. New moon,waxing Cresent, First quarter, Waxing Gibbious, Full moon, Waning Gibbious, Last quarter, and Waning Cresent. 6.Waxing means to get bigger. 7. Waning means to get smaller.