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Chap 2 Sec 1 Questions Earth and the Sun’s Energy
6th GR SS
1. (Pg. 26) Why do we have seasonal differences in weather?
2. As the planet moves what happens to the amount of energy we receive from the sun?
3. What do geographers find when they study different places on Earth regarding energy?
4. What does the energy from the sun help us with?
5. Does the energy from the sun help us personally?
6. What does all life on Earth require?
7. What 4 things affect the amount of solar energy on parts of our planet?
8. Describe the Earth’s axis.
9. What happens as the Earth spins on its axis?
10. How long does it take the Earth to complete one rotation?
11. Define rotation.
12. What appears to us as the Earth rotates during 24 hours?
13. Does the sun rise in the East and set in the west?
ROTATION
14. (Pg. 27) what explains why day changes into night?
15. How much of the earth does solar energy strike at a time?
16. What 2 things from the sun create daytime?
17. What is happening to the other side of the Earth when there is Sun on one side?
18. Do levels of solar energy on the Earth constantly change?
REVOLUTION
19. What is the path, or orbit around the sun called?
20. Is Earth’s orbit around the sun a perfect circle?
21. Does the Earth move closer and farther from the sun during its rotation?
22. How long does it take for the Earth to complete one revolution or trip around the sun?
23. What do we base our calendar on?
24. Why do we have an extra day in February every four years?
TILT and LATITUDE
25. What does the planet’s tilt do to the earth?
26. What is the degree of tilt of the earth?
27. What happens to parts of the Earth are tilting toward the sun?
28. What happens to parts of the Earth that are tilting away from the sun?
29. Does latitude affect the amount of solar energy from the son?
30. Which parts of the earth receive direct rays from the sun all year long?
31. What do direct rays do to temperatures on the Earth?
32. What kind of
latitude does
THE SEASONS
33. (Pg. 28) what are temperatures like in January in the Northern Hemisphere?
34. What are seasons?
35. How many places on Earth experience four seasons?
*36. What 3 kinds of things are seasons based on?
37. What one thing is responsible for seasons on Earth?
38. What happens when one of the Earth’s poles tilts away from the sun?
39. Which way is the Earth tilted to create winter?
40. Why do the Northern and Southern hemispheres experience opposite seasons?
41. (pg. 29) When it is spring in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
42. Is there ever a time when the poles tilt neither away or toward the sun? When is that?
43. As the days get longer in the spring what is happening?
44. What happens to temperature and tilt during the fall as winter approaches?
45. How are seasons marked in the tropics?
46. Where are the tropics located?
47. What brings dry or moist air to the tropics?
48. What kinds of seasons are in the tropics?
49. What are monsoons?
50. When are monsoons common on earth?
51. When is dry air in the tropics?