E.Q.
All notes must be
in the student’s
own handwriting.
Explain all the factors that influence the hours of
day and night at different locations around the
Earth.
The Earth rotates (spins) which causes different hours of day and night.
The side of Earth facing the Sun experiences daytime and the side facing away from the Sun
experience nighttime.
Each day is 24 hours. (one rotation)
It takes 365 ¼ days to revolve around the Sun.
Chunk the information on the
right to form questions in this
column.
Days are longer in the summer and shorter in the winter.
Solstice occurs 2 times per year. On these two days, the daytime is longest and the
nighttime is shortest in the summer. But in the winter, the nighttime is longest and the
daytime is shortest.
Rotation of the Earth is the cause of day and night.
Since the northern hemisphere is tilted
toward the Sun, the days will be longer
and the nights will be shorter.
Sun
When the Earth revolves to the other side of
the Sun, the days will be shorter and the
nights will be longer in the northern
hemisphere.
Summary
Write a summary about day and night here. Make sure to use complete sentences
and write a full paragraph, not just a few sentences.