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Fundamental Questions. What is Earth’s axis? What is the difference between Earth’s rotation and revolution? What causes day and night? What causes seasons?. Rotation and Revolution. Leave about 6-8 spaces between each sub-title. Rotation and Revolution. Rotation and Revolution.
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Fundamental Questions What is Earth’s axis? What is the difference between Earth’s rotation and revolution? What causes day and night? What causes seasons?
Rotation and Revolution Leave about 6-8 spaces between each sub-title
Axis? How long do you think it takes to rotate all the way around once?
Revolution? How long do you think it takes the earth to revolve all the way around the sun once?
Rotation and Revolution Seasons Video
Rotation and Revolution • How does this create seasons? • The tilt causes different regions of the earth to receive different amounts of sunlight • The revolution causes these regions to change through the year
Rotation and Revolution • This means that the northern and southern hemispheres have different seasons at the same time
Grab a book and turn to page 521 Label • Tilt Winter • Axis Equator • Rotation Sun • Revolution Southern hemisphere • Summer Northern hemisphere Directions: Draw the picture on page 521 2. Use the picture to answer the following questions under your picture on page 521 What is Earth’s axis? What is the difference between Earth’s rotation and revolution? What causes day and night? What causes seasons?