Northern Hemisphere
equator
Southern hemisphere
It’s a world of two halves….
Why do we have seasons?
The Earth is a sphere and is split into two halves by an imaginary
We have seasons because the _________________ orbits the
line called the ___________________.
______________. It takes the Earth __________________ days (or
The top half is called the _______________
________________
one year) to orbit the Sun. Because the Earth is ________________
and the bottom half is called the _____________________
on its axis, at all times of the year one _______________________
___________________.
is always tilted either ________________________ or
Draw the North Pole and the South Pole on this picture of the
Earth. Then add some countries (remember the Earth is titled!).
Finally, label the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
_________________ from the Sun. In the hemisphere that is tilted
towards the Sun, it is _________________ because the Sun’s rays
hit that hemisphere more strongly. In the hemisphere that is tilted
away from the Sun it is ___________________ because the Sun’s
rays take longer to reach it and so they lose some of their strength.
That’s why it’s __________________ in Winter!
away
Earth
hemisphere 356¼
towards
colder
Winter
Summer
tilted
Sun