1. Warm Up (JUST write it down)
“New Unit”
Create a Divider in your Notebook.
Label it :
Unit: 5 Cycles (Lunar and Seasons)
First Page: Assignment 1
Warm Up (JUST write it down)
What causes day and night?
What is the name of the imaginary line that crosses the earth through its poles?
Explain how the Earth Rotates?

2. COMPARE YOUR ANSWERS
YOU HAVE 1.5 MINUTES

3. What causes day and night?
The rotation of the earth
map

4. What is the name of the imaginary line that crosses the earth through its poles?
The Earth’s Axis
Tilted at 23.5°

5. 3. Explain how the Earth rotates?
Spins on its own axis
One Full rotation every 24 hours
Counterclockwise

6. Make a pretty drawing, do your best!!!!!
DRAW AN ILLUSTRATION REPRESENTING THE EARTH SPINNING.
Make sure it has day and night
Include the Axis and label it
Label the North pole and the South pole
Take about 7 lines in your notebook
YOU HAVE 4 MINUTES

7. Rotation and Revolution

8. Rotation on the Earth’s Axis Causes Day and Night
The spinning is called ROTATION
The direction of rotation is counterclockwise
24hrs a day

9. Revolution and the Tilt on the Earth’s axis Causes Seasons
Revolution: The motion of Earth around the Sun.
One revolution takes about 365 1/4 days, or one year, to complete
Seasons Video

10. Lets draw it! (Seasons, day and Night, Axis, Poles

11. Uneven Heating of the Earth
Assignment #3
Warm up
Name the season when the Axis is pointing towards the sun
Name the season when the axis is pointing away from the sun
Which seasons have an even amount of daytime and nightime?

12. Draw a representation of the summer

14. Draw a representation of the Winter

16. NEED TO KNOW
As the earth revolves around the sun, it’s actually about 5 million miles closer in January than it is in July.  Despite being closer, Houston is much colder in January than in July.  Why?

17. Video
Seasons with Bill Nye

18. Because the Earth is tilted, different parts of the planet get different amounts of sunlight at different times of the year.

19. Sun is More Spread towards the poles Sun is less spread out near Equator

23. All the jelly in one little area
Ecuator
Concentrated, Strong
All the jelly in one little area
Poles
The jelly is spread out on a bigger area
Spread out, Weak

24. Strong, Hot
Weak, Cold

25. The more sunlight that reaches the Earth’s Surface the warmer that part becomes.

26. The Equator receives almost the same amount of light all year long
The Equator receives almost the same amount of light all year long. About 12 hours of day, and 12 of night

27. Houston

28. Ecuator

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