Name _______________________ Seasons Notes (Text Pages 68-71)
Sunlight Hits the Earth
1. Where does the most direct sunlight hit the Earth?
2. Why is it warmer near the equator than it is near the poles?
Earth’s Tilted Axis
3. What would happen to seasons if the earth was not on a tilt?
4. Why does the Earth have seasons?
5. What causes the change in seasons?
6. Does the earth revolve around the sun or does the sun revolve around the
earth?
The Earth in June
What part of the earth is tilted toward the sun?
7. Northern Hemisphere:
a. Describe the hours of daylight when this occurs in the northern
hemisphere.
b. Why is the earth heated more in June than any other time of year
8. Southern Hemisphere:
a. Describe the hours of daylight when this occurs in the southern hemisphere.
b. Why is the earth heated less than any other time of year in June in the
southern hemisphere?
The Earth in December
9. Description of sunlight in the northern hemisphere:
10. What season does the Northern hemisphere experience?
11. Description of sunlight in the Southern hemisphere:
12. What season does the Southern hemisphere experience?
Solstices
13. During which months do solstices occur?
14. What is the day with the most hours of sunlight called in the northern
hemisphere?
15. On or about what date does this occur?
16. What is this same day called in the southern hemisphere?
17. Is it the day with the most or fewest (circle one) hours of sunlight in the southern
hemisphere?
Equinoxes
18. What does the word equinox mean?
19. What season does the northern hemisphere have around March 21?
20. What season does the northern hemisphere have around September 22?