Northern Hemisphere

Throughout the year our planet Earth rotates along an axis of rotation around the Sun. Over the course of a year, the angle of tilt does not fluctuate. This means that the Earth’s hemispheres are always pointing at their respected directions in space. However, the orientation of Earth’s tilt with respect to the sun does change as we orbit the sun; thus giving us our source of light and warmth. The Southern and Northern Hemispheres take turns being oriented toward the sun for half of the year and away from the sun for the other half. The United States of America is located in the Northern Hemisphere so when it is oriented toward the sun, it’s summer. When the Northern Hemisphere is oriented away from the sun, the sun’s rays do not hit as direct so this part of Earth cools; thus creating winter. Although the reasoning for the occurrence of these seasonal opposites are the same (tilting of the Earth), availability of activities and food during each season are not.…

frequent, and wind is often mild (Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, 2013). The air becomes cooler as it ascends closer to the tropopause at which, the air forks toward both the north and south poles. Applying the rotation of the Earth to the air under controlled circumstances – a constant surface temperature and no tilt; viola, Hadley’s theory gave westerly movement to the air and once again had them converging at the equator. What Hadley’s theory missed, however, was how far…

Webster’s dictionary defines solstices to be “the time of the suns passing a solstice which occurs about June 22 to begin summer in the northern hemisphere and about December 22 to begin winter in the northern hemisphere.” (Anonymous, Solstice, n.d.) The stopping or standing still of the sun. It usually is the longest day of the year when the sun is at its maximum elevation. (Anonymous, Summer Solstice, 2011) This date, among other things happening around that time, has had spiritual meaning for…

Hurricane Joaquin was a powerful hurricane that took out several districts of the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, parts of the Greater Antilles, and Bermuda. Many buildings have been destroyed, and many lives have been lost. Today I am going to tell you what hurricanes are, when they happen, how big they can get, how Joaquin compares, and what we can do to prepare for them. What are Hurricanes? Hurricanes are large, swirling storms. They produce winds of up to 74 mph or higher. They usually…

equator descending from the North Pole in the winter the amount of sunlight is grows, until hitting a full 24 hours of daylight at the South Pole. However in the summer it is the opposite. Starting at the North Pole with 24 hours of sunlight, it slowly decreases as you go down until it reaches 0 at the South Pole, when there is no sunlight at all. (For the North Pole it’s reversed, so it starts out at 0 in the beginning of winter). The differences between Northern and Southern Hemispheres; in…

During ten thousand B.C. at the Northern Hemisphere, an abrupt global climate change that led to glacial like weather occured. This period is known as Younger Dryas Climate Event. Due to the earth warming, the ice age starting melting. This huge amount of freshwater started flowing into the gulf through the Mississippi River and also to north Atlantic from the east coast. This unusual flow of freshwater into the saltwater caused the water currents to change suddenly causing different weather…

To see the similarities and differences between wind patterns in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres alongside with explaining the major wind belts. Material: • Map of North America with longitude and latitude • Drawing compass Procedure: 1. View the map from the lab given. The map represents the barometric pressures at 5000 feet in North America on a precise day in February. 2. Use the Web to get another map of North America that covers the same approximate area shown in the map given in the…

The divide between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres has developed into a problem where the Southern Hemisphere is becoming further behind on the economic and social scale because they are less developed. As the Northern Hemisphere exploits and profits off the raw goods that the South produces. This creates a gap where they North is always expanding its economy and the Southern Hemisphere is currently staying in the same place. This system favors the countries that have the ability to…

As the Earth travels in its nearly circular orbit around the sun, it maintains a constant axial tilt of 23.4 degrees. This tilt causes the proximity of the northern and southern hemispheres of the globe to change during its annual trip around our local star. These changes in proximity and their impact on the amount of solar energy received by the northern and southern hemispheres are what causes the Earth to have seasons. As the incline of Earth’s axis brings the northern hemisphere closer to…

A person who speaks fluently and well-developed vocabulary tends to be more reliable. The non-verbal disorder is a huge inadequate awareness that caused these difficulties for students at school. Students who have trouble speaking their language are often labeled as “emotionally disturbed or behavior problems” because of their unexpected behavior. Students with weakened abilities to organize visual-spatial field or accommodate to new literature may be shown as a genetic disorder. Students who…