subtopics lesson: 12.1&12.2

• it offers the safest way to observe a solar eclipse?

  pinhole projection
• it happens when the moon passes between the sun and earth, but when it is at or near its farthest point from earth.

  annular eclipse
• it is the point where earth is most distant from the sun?

  aphelion
• it is the point where earth is closest to the sun?

  perihelion
• earth's axis is pointed away from the sun, it has longer nights than days and experiencing summer in the southern hemisphere.


  winter solstice
• earth's axis is pointed towards the sun, it has longer days than nights, and experiencing summer in the northern hemisphere

  summer solstice
• habagat - moist winds from the southwest causing rains over the western portion from may to september


  southwest monsoon
• amihan - cold winds from northeast that brings rains over the eastern side.


  northeast monsoon
• takes place during the night?

  land breeze
• takes place during the day?

  sea breeze