Movement of the eart🌏

• The Earth rotates on its axis
• an axis is an imaginary line passing trough the North Pole and south pole
• it is day time on the side facing the sun and night time on the side facing away
• the earth completes one rotation in one day (24 hours )
• Different parts of the world receives sunlight at different times
• The earth is divided into 24 time zones
• places in neighbouring countries are usually one hour ahead or behind.
• the earth revolves around the sun
• the earth completes one REVOLUTION in one year
• the two hemisphere receive sunlight at different angle
• it is summer in the northern hemisphere when it receives overhead sunlight
• overhead sunlight is more focused and the temperature
• it is winter in the southern hemisphere when it receives slanted sunlight
• slanted sunlight is less focused and the temperature is lower
• the equator has no seasons because it always receives overhead sunlight
• the tropics are areas near the equator that have hot, wet weather all year round