seasons

What does earth's constant rotation cause us to experience? day and night How long does it take earth to complete one rotation? 24 hours From which direction does the sun rise?east From which direction does the sun set?west What do you think would happen if the Earth stopped rotating? How would this effect human life?Half of us would never see sunlight and the other half would never see darkness.

Key Concept about Earth's rotation: It causes day and night.

What poles does the Earth's axis run through?north and south What do you notice about the Earth's position when the axis appears? its at a tilt What two hemispheres does the equator divide the earth into? east and west

~it was hot || ~spread out ~heat weaker ||
 * Direct Light || Angled or Indirect light ||
 * ~focused spot

Key Concept: Which produces more heat? Which produces less? Direct Light produces more heat. Indirect Light produces less heat.

Is the Earth's tilt always pointing the the right or the left?right

Northern Hemisphere


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

Southern Hemisphere


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

amount of daylight || shortest day of the year || 12 hours long || longest day of the year || 12 hours long ||
 * || winter solstice || spring equinox || summer solstice || fall equinox ||
 * Date || 22 of December || 21 of March || 21 of June || 22 of September ||
 * Describe the