Seasons

What does earth's constant rotation cause us to experience? The earth's rotation causes day and night. How long does it take earth to complete one rotation? For the earth to make one full rotation, it takes 24 hours. From which direction does the sun rise? The sun rises in the east. From which direction does the sun set? The sun sets in the west. What do you think would happen if the Earth stopped rotating? How would this effect human life? I think that if the earth stopped rotating, the one half of the earth would have night and the other half would have day. The stopping of the eath's rotation would affect human life because the people that will always have night grow farms or gardens, then their crops or plants won't have any sun, and then they will die. Key Concept about Earth's rotation: The most important thing we need to know about the earth's rotation is that we will always have day and night because one side of the earth is always facing the sun and then the other half is always facing away from the sun and then the earth moves so it's the opposite way that it was.

What poles does the Earth's axis run through? The Earth's axis runs through the North Pole and the South Pole. What do you notice about the Earth's position when the axis appears? When the axis appears, the Earth's position is tilted. What two hemispheres does the equator divide the earth into? The equator divides the earth into the Northern Hemishere and the Southern Hemisphere.



very hot || focused on a larger area less hot ||
 * Direct Light || Angled or Indirect light ||
 * focused on one area

Key Concept: Which produces more heat? Which produces less? When my hand was straight up and down and when the flahlight, or "sun," was focused on one area is when more heat was produced. Less heat was produced when my hand was tilted,like the earth.

Is the Earth's tilt always pointing the the right or the left? The Earth's tilt is always pointing to the North Star.

Northern Hemisphere


 * winter || spring || summer || fall ||
 * indirect || equal || direct || equal ||

Southern Hemisphere


 * winter || spring || summer || fall ||
 * indirect || equal || direct || equal ||

Do the Northern and Southern Hemispheres ever experience the same season? What do you notice about their seasons? No, the Northern and Southern Hemispheres do not experiance the same season. The Southern and Northern Hemishperes always have opposite seasons.

of daylight in the year || same amount of daylight || most amount of sunlight in the year || same amount of daylight || Describe the amount of daylight ||
 * winter solstice || spring equinox || summer solstice || fall equinox ||
 * December 22 || March 21 || June 21 || September 22 || Date ||
 * smallest amount