https://padlet.com/irpearson/superswaggyseasonspadlet Made with good vibes en-us 2017-02-23 06:27:18 UTC 2017-02-23 08:44:29 UTC hello@padlet.com http://media.al.com/living_impact/photo/big-al-filejpg-78866fca10c40e1c.jpg irpearson https://padlet.com/irpearson/superswaggyseasonspadlet/wish/155666429

Earth is closer to the Sun during summer and farther away during winter.

Seasons happen at the same time everywhere on Earth.

Seasonal characteristics and change are the same everywhere on Earth.

The earth's orbit around the sun is a highly elongated ellipse, making the distance between earth and sun vary dramatically over the course of a year.

]]> 2017-02-23 06:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/irpearson/superswaggyseasonspadlet/wish/155666429 irpearson https://padlet.com/irpearson/superswaggyseasonspadlet/wish/155679736 http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/007299181x/student_view0/chapter2/seasons_interactive.html]]> 2017-02-23 08:27:19 UTC https://padlet.com/irpearson/superswaggyseasonspadlet/wish/155679736 irpearson https://padlet.com/irpearson/superswaggyseasonspadlet/wish/155679835 The seasons are caused as the Earth, tilted on its axis, travels in a loop around the Sun each year. Summer happens in the hemisphere tilted towards the Sun, and winter happens in the hemisphere tilted away from the Sun. As the Earth travels around the Sun, the hemisphere that is tilted towards or away from the Sun changes. The hemisphere that is tilted towards the Sun is warmer because sunlight travels more directly to the Earth’s surface so less gets scattered in the atmosphere. That means that when it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere. The hemisphere tilted towards the Sun has longer days and shorter nights. That’s why days are longer during the summer than during the winter.

]]> 2017-02-23 08:28:05 UTC https://padlet.com/irpearson/superswaggyseasonspadlet/wish/155679835 irpearson https://padlet.com/irpearson/superswaggyseasonspadlet/wish/155680086 2017-02-23 08:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/irpearson/superswaggyseasonspadlet/wish/155680086 irpearson https://padlet.com/irpearson/superswaggyseasonspadlet/wish/155680341 I really liked this one]]> 2017-02-23 08:32:20 UTC https://padlet.com/irpearson/superswaggyseasonspadlet/wish/155680341 irpearson https://padlet.com/irpearson/superswaggyseasonspadlet/wish/155680557 2017-02-23 08:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/irpearson/superswaggyseasonspadlet/wish/155680557 irpearson https://padlet.com/irpearson/superswaggyseasonspadlet/wish/155680740 When the Northern Hemisphere is pointed toward the sun, it is summer, and when it is pointed away, it is winter (and vice versa for the Southern Hemisphere).]]> 2017-02-23 08:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/irpearson/superswaggyseasonspadlet/wish/155680740 irpearson https://padlet.com/irpearson/superswaggyseasonspadlet/wish/155680858 The amount of heat energy received at any location on the globe is a direct effect of Sun angle on climate, as the angle at which sunlight strikes the Earth varies by location, time of day, and season due to the Earth'sorbit around the Sun and the Earth's rotation around its tilted axis.]]> 2017-02-23 08:36:54 UTC https://padlet.com/irpearson/superswaggyseasonspadlet/wish/155680858 irpearson https://padlet.com/irpearson/superswaggyseasonspadlet/wish/155681057 The seasons are caused as the Earth, tilted on its axis, travels in a loop around the Sun each year. Summer happens in the hemisphere tilted towards the Sun, and winter happens in the hemisphere tilted away from the Sun.]]> 2017-02-23 08:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/irpearson/superswaggyseasonspadlet/wish/155681057 irpearson https://padlet.com/irpearson/superswaggyseasonspadlet/wish/155681304 This spinning of Earth like a top explains our daily cycle of night and day. The tilt of the Earth’s axis also defines the length of daylight. Daylight hours are shortest in each hemisphere’s winter. Between summer and winter solstice, the number of daylight hours decreases, and the rate of decrease is larger the higher the latitude. The fewer sunlight hours the colder the nights. How fast Earth spins determines the number of hours in a given day. As Earth orbits the sun it spins about its axis approximately once every 24 hours. But this is slowly changing with time. About 650 million years ago there were only about 22 hours in a day.

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