Movements Of The Earth🦋

Question 1

What is an Axis?

Answer 1

Axis is a real/imaginary line on which something rotates

Question 2

What is an equinox and when does it happen?

Answer 2

An equinox is when both hemispheres receive the same amount of sunlight
Vernal equinox-happens in spring
Autumnal equinox-happens in autumn/fall

Question 3

What is a Solstice and when they happen

Answer 3

Associates is Win both hemispheres receive different amounts of sunlight
Winter solstice happens on December 21 in winter
Summer Soltice happens on June 21 in summer

Question 4

What is Earth’s Rotation?
Which direction it rotates from ?
How long it takes?

Answer 4

It’s rotation is the rotation of the planet “Earth” around its own axis
Earth rotates from WEST to EAST
It takes 24 hours to rotates

Question 5

What is earth revolution?

How long it takes to revolve?

Answer 5

Earths revolution refers to its movements around the sun

It takes 365 1/4 days for it to revolve around the sun

Question 6

What does Revolution affect?

What does Rotation affect?

Answer 6

Seasons

Day and Night

Question 7

What are the 4 seasons and their dates?

What happens to the seasons on a leap year?

Answer 7

Spring- March 21-June 20
Summer-June 21-September 21
Fall-September 22-December 20
Winter-December 20-March 20
Winter ends on the 29 of February