THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS REFER TO THE DIAGRAM BELOW:



Earth-Sun Relationship and Seasons Review Exercise

a) Name the locations marked by numbers on the diagram of the earth.

• Antarctic Circle Arctic Circle

• Axis of Rotation Equator

• Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn

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|b. |If you were looking down on the North Pole from outer space, in what direction would the | |

| |earth be turning? (clockwise or counterclockwise) | |

|c. |Which hemisphere is tilted towards the sun? | |

|d. |Where, on the earth’s surface, is the sun overhead at noon? | |

|e. |What season is experienced in the southern hemisphere? | |

|f. |What date of the year is represented by the earth is this position relative to the sun? | |

|g. |Is the earth-sun relationship here called an equinox or solstice? | |

|h. |Where, out of the 6 places identified above, would the ‘land of the midnight sun’ be | |

| |located if the earth was at this location in its revolution around the sun? (24 hours of | |

| |daylight). | |

|i. |In the northern hemisphere, what season will occur next? | |

|j. |What changes would take place in either seasons or daylight hours if the earth’s revolution around the sun took two years |

| |instead of one? |

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