The Earth's Orbit

Question 1

What is the earths path or route called (1)

Answer 1

An orbit

Question 3

How long does the earth take to complete one orbit around the sun (1)

Answer 3

365,5 days (one year)

Question 5

What is the Earth’s axis (4)

Answer 5

• an imaginary line that runs through the earths center
• the axis is tilted at 23,5 °
• the earth rotates around its own axis once every 24 hours
  
  • this causes day and night

Question 6

The Earth revolves around the sun, what does this cause?(1)

Answer 6

Causes seasons

Question 7

How do seasons change (2)

Answer 7

If Southern Hemisphere tilted away from sun, it experiences winter and visa virsa

Question 8

What are the 2 most important lines of latitude and where are they situated (4)

Answer 8

Tropic of Cancer: 23,5 °N

Tropic of Capricorn: 23,5 ° S

Question 9

Discuss summer/winter solstice (4)

Answer 9

On the 21 of December, the suns ray hits the topic of Capricorn perpendicularly

On the 21 of June, the suns ray hits the tropic of Cancer perpendicularly,

Question 10

What is the land of midnight sun? (4)

Answer 10

At 66,5° N the sun shines 24/7

At 66,5° S the sun never shines (in arctic circle)

Question 11

What is the day/night proportion at the equator

Answer 11

12 hrs both day and night

Question 12

Souther/northern you travel tge shorter the days

Answer 12

Souther

Question 13

We experience cold winters and hot summers not because we are closer/futher to the sun, but why?

Answer 13

The more direct the sun’s ray is the warmer, because there is less atmosphere to go through