Earth's Season

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  • Season is the period of the year that is distuinguish by special climate conditions.
  • Spring is characterized with warm weather and flowers start to bloom and animals starts to wake up from hibernation
  • Summer is hottest time of the year
  • Autumn or Fall is when leaves from the trees fall to the ground and animals prepare for the cold
  • Winter is characterized by snow and ice and animal find ways to warmth themselves
  • Direct rays are rays from the sun that hits the ground at 90 degrees
  • Direct rays are vertical/perpendicular rays
  • Oblique rays are slanted rays
  • Oblique rays comes on a oblique angle from the sun
  • in June the Northern hemisphere is tilted in the sun
  • In Summer around june 21 we experience the longest day.TRUE
  • Southern Hemisphere recieves oblique rays.
  • September 23 is the time daytime and nighttime is equal they call it the Autumn Equinox
  • March 21 is another time where nighttime and daytime is equal too but they call it this time spring/vernal equinox
  • Equal amount of daylight and darkness is called Equinox