Seasons by Leah Glazer

Misconceptions

leahglazer10 — 2017-02-22 21:04:21 UTC

1. The Earth is closer to the sun during the summer and farther away during the winter. (Reason for temperature difference) 
2. Seasons happen everywhere on Earth at the same time.
3. The TILT of the Earth causes one hemisphere to be closer to the sun. Closer to the sun = summer = TRUE, because of its distance to the sun = FALSE 
4. The sun rises everyday EXACTLY in the east and sets in the west.

Tilt of the Earth

leahglazer10 — 2017-02-22 21:13:47 UTC

-As the Earth is consistently moving around the sun at 23.5* of tilt, the positions of the hemispheres towards the sun change. 
-During the winter, the northern hemisphere is facing farther away from the sun. 
-During the summer, the northern hemisphere is pointed more toward the sun. 
-The sunlight during the winter is more indirect causing for lower temperatures although the days are starting to get longer as it gets closer to the longest day of sunlight during the year, the first day of summer. 
-Temperatures during the summer are higher due to the sun being higher in the sky and having more direct light onto the ground.

Tilt of the Earth cont.

leahglazer10 — 2017-02-23 06:19:44 UTC

Earth's Location and Seasons

leahglazer10 — 2017-02-23 06:24:18 UTC

1. During winter, the earth is pointing away from the sun at the Northern Hemisphere. The sun is pointing farthest south, making it summer in the Southern Hemisphere. The farther the sun is pointing from earth, the father away the light rays are, causing the intensity of the sun to be significantly less than that of summer and temperatures to be lower even though days are becoming slightly longer. 
2. During the spring and fall, the sun is pointing at or a little above or below the equator (middle of the earth) making it spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. 
3. During summer time, the earth is pointing towards the sun, making it summer in the North and winter in the South. The sun facing more directly towards the hemisphere causes the sunlight to be stronger, thus, making it warmer even though the days are shorter.

Earth's Location and Seasons cont.

leahglazer10 — 2017-02-23 06:58:07 UTC

Day and Night

leahglazer10 — 2017-02-23 07:02:56 UTC

Day and Night is caused by earth's revolutions around the sun. The point at which earth revolves around (its axis) causes the earth to either point more towards or more away from the sun, which causes different distributions of sunlight to be distributed across the earth. It takes 24 hours, which is our one day, for the earth to make one revolution as it spins around the sun. One side is always facing the sun and one is always facing dark space.