Reasons For The Seasons

Question 1

What causes seasons?

Answer 1

The tilt of the Earth tips different parts of the planet away or towards the Sun.

Question 2

What does the Earth revolve around?

Answer 2

The Sun

Question 3

How long does it take for Earth to complete an orbit?

Answer 3

365.25 days

Question 4

What direction is the Earths axis tilted?

Answer 4

23.5 degrees

Question 5

Winter Solstice

Answer 5

The shortest day of the year, less amount of sun, sun is lower.

Question 6

Autumnal and Vernal Equinox

Answer 6

Day and night are the same time length.

Question 7

Summer Solstice

Answer 7

Sun is highest in the sky, more sunlight, longest day of the year.

Question 8

Equinox

Answer 8

Equal night

Question 9

If Earths orbit takes 365.25 days, what happens to the 0.25?

Answer 9

Every four years, it makes another day. We add that day to February, and call it a leap year.

Question 10

How many hours does it take for Earth to rotate?

Answer 10

24 hours

Question 11

What’s the average distance between the Sun and the Earth?

Answer 11

149 600 000 km

Question 12

Aphelion

Answer 12

When the Earth is farthest from the Sun

Question 13

Perihelion

Answer 13

When the Earth is closest to the Sun

Question 14

Solar eclipse

Answer 14

When the Moon is between the Sun and a part of Earth

Question 15

Why shouldn’t you look at the sun directly?

Answer 15

Because looking at the sun could trigger the back vein in your eye and make you blind

Question 16

Shadow

Answer 16

When the rays of a sun or a light source are blocked by an opaque object

Question 17

List some things shadows can do!

Answer 17

Create entertainment, provide shade, early clocks

Question 18

What happens to shadows when the rises and sets?

Answer 18

The shadow when the sun rises grows shorter, and when the sun sets, the shadows grow longer.

Question 19

Sundial

Answer 19

A timepiece that helped people in the early days to tell the time

Question 20

Direct sun rays

Answer 20

Shines a smaller area around you.

Question 21

Slanted rays

Answer 21

Shines a larger area around you.

Question 22

What are the order of the planets?

Answer 22

M, V, E, Mars, J, S