Name: __________________
Season’s review sheet #4 – the vertical ray
PART A: State the season in NY, date of the year, and the location receiving the direct rays of the sun for
each position labeled A, B, C, & D
1. What effect does the distance between the Earth and the Sun have on the seasons?
PART B: Use the diagrams below to answer the following questions:
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Diagram 1: What season is it in NY? ___Summer____ Where is the vertical ray hitting? ___T.Cancer
Where will there be 24 hours of daylight? ____N. Pole___
Diagram 2: What season is it in NY? ___Winter___ Where is the vertical ray hitting? ___T. Capricorn
Where will there be 24 hours of daylight? ___S. Pole______
Diagram 3: What season is it in NY? _Spring/Fall Where is the vertical ray hitting? ___Equator_____
What is the length of day and night? ___12 hours_ In the S. Hemisphere where will the sunrise? due E
PART C:
1. What are the three reasons for the seasons?
a. Earth’s tilt
b. Earth’s revolution
c. Parallelism of the axis
2. What would happen if the Earth’s axis was tilted more than 23½°? Greater seasonal swing!