World Geography 3202 Seasons Active Learning Lesson #5

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The Purpose of this active learning lesson is two fold. Firstly it will provide you with review of the material covered in the two lessons on weathering and secondly it will give you a hard copy of important materials for test review.

1. Write definitions for each of the following terms. Lesson definitions would suffice but definitions written in your own words would be most beneficial to you.

Equinox:

Solstice:

2. Analyze Figure 4.2 on page 56 of you book. Complete question #8 & #9 on page 55.

Question #8 p. 55 a) b) c) d)

Question #9 p. 55 a) ______

b) Write the Canadian seasons in the spaces provided. A B C D c) Write the Argentina seasons in the spaces provided. A B C D d) Why summer days are longer than winter days

e) Why summer days are warmer

Complete the following by filling in the blanks using the words listed below. Some are used more than once.

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The earth ______in such a way that half is facing toward the sun and half is facing away from the sun. In ______hours, each place receives 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness more or less. Only ______each year does every place on earth receive exactly 12 hours of sun and 122 hours of darkness. This is when the earth is neither pointed toward or ______from the sun. These times of the year are called the ______equinox (March 20) and the Autumnal ______(Sept. 20). The number of daylight hours in the northern hemisphere gradually ______as the earth tilts away from the sun. The ______day in the northern hemisphere occurs on Dec. 21. On this day places north of the Arctic Circle experience ______hours of night. In winter the northern hemisphere is tilted ______from the sun. At the same time it is the ______season in the southern hemisphere, where the length of the day is at its maximum. The South Pole receives 24 hours of ______. This time of year is called the solstice (sun + stop), so called because the sun seems to stop and turn around at this time. From December to June, the length of the day in the Northern Hemisphere ______as the Northern hemisphere gradually ______more and more towards the sun. Missing words: Autumnal, away, daylight, decrease, equinox, increases, rotates, shortest, summer, tilts, 24, twice.

Earth-Sun Relationships June 21 Sept. 21 Dec. 21 March 21 Earth’s Axis tilt with respect to the sun Season in Northern Hemisphere Season in southern Hemisphere Name of earth-sun relationship

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