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Describe the patterns between the suns angle and the length of daylight over year? What does this demonstrate help explain in science. |
When the sun is lowest in the sky daylight hours are shorter than when the sun is highest in the sky and days are longer. It explains why it gets dark in winter sooner but then it does in the summer |
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What causes a year on any planet? |
A year is caused by a planet revolving around the sun |
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What causes the seasons on earth? |
The seasons on earth are caused by the Earth's tilt and it's revolution around the sun |
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Define revolution and rotation |
Revolution: one full orbit around the sun Rotation: to spin around a center part or axis |
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Explain why the tilt of the earth leads to different surface temperatures |
The tilt leads to different surface temperatures because the direct and indirect light |
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What does the equater have to do with direct and indirect light? |
Whatever part of the equater is facing the sun is where it gets direct sunlight and the other half gets indirect sunlight |
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Define latitude longitude equator prime meridian and Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn |
Latitude: line measured in degrees north or south of the equator Longitude: my measured in degrees east or west of the creator Equator: perpendicular to the axis, dividing earth into halves, northern and Southern Hemisphere Prime meridian: line divides the earth into halves east and west Tropics: region in the middle of the globe, equater and extends north and south |
