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Tilt
because of the earths………..? some hemispheres receive direct sunlight, while others do not.
7.5
A solar eclipse lasts for about how many minutes
Winter
The season the southern hemisphere experiences when the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun
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The longer the daytime, the
warmer
the place
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The Earth's
tilt
is the reason why the other atmosphere also experiences daytime or many, so their energy and not the other one
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Revolution
In science terms, when an object is spinning around another object
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Orbit
Where the Earth spins around the Sun
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A leap year occurs every
4
years
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It takes the Earth
24
hours to rotate
one
time, which we experience as day and night
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Axis
The invisible line that the Earth spins on, intersecting the Earth through both the north and south poles
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The Earth orbits the Sun in
365
days, or it takes the Earth
365
days to complete its journey around the Sun
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Every four years, an extra day is added to the calendar, called the
leap year
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Rotation
The Earth's spinning on its axis causes day and night
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Revolution
Causes the four seasons
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Equinox
When the Sun shines equally on the northern and southern hemisphere
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December is the month we experience
winter
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It is daytime when a hemisphere is
tilted
towards the
Sun
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It is daytime in the southern hemisphere when the northern hemisphere is still
tilted
towards the Sun while the southern hemisphere is
tilted
away from the Sun
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Solar Eclipse
An eclipse that occurs when the
Moon
passes between the
Earth
and the Sun
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Lunar
Eclipse
An eclipse that happens when the
Earth
is between the
Sun
and the Moon
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Total Eclipse
A type of solar eclipse when your location is located at an
Umbra
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Annular Eclipse
A type of solar eclipse that occurs when the
Moon
is farther from the
Earth
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Partial Eclipse
A type of solar eclipse when your location is located at the
penumbra
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Antumbra
The new shadow when an annular solar eclipse is happening
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Corona
The outermost layer of the Sun when a solar eclipse is happening
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A
lunar eclipse
is safe for us to observe with our naked eyes
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Penumbral
Eclipse
A type of lunar eclipse that occurs when the Moon is at the penumbra
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Partial
Eclipse
A type of lunar eclipse when the Moon is between the penumbra and Umbra
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The Moon gets
red
when a lunar eclipse is happening
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The troposphere is
decreasing
with altitude
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Warm air is how dense and what pressure, and cold air is how dense and what pressure?
Warm air:
less
dense,
low
pressure Cold air:
more
dense,
high
pressure
Warm air ____ while cold air _____
rises
,
sinks
Whats a monsoon
a seasonal wind pattern
We experience winter because sun emits less energy in winter. True or False?
False
If it is winter in the NH, it is winter in SH too. True or False?
False
Daytime is longer in the summer months because Earth spins slowly in the summer months. True or False?
False