1. Autumn Equinox Winter Solstice Spring Equinox. Summer Solstice.
Northern Hemisphere Full Orbit
Autumn Equinox
Winter Solstice
Spring Equinox.
Summer Solstice.
Southern Hemisphere
Full Orbit
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3. The Axis of the Earth stays at 23.5 degrees.
Summer Solstice = Winter Solstice.
In the Southern Hemisphere.
Home
Autumn Equinox = Spring Equinox.
In the Southern Hemisphere.
Again
23.5o
23.5o
23.5o
Autumn Equinox
23.5o
23.5o
Autumn Season
The Axis of the Earth stays at 23.5 degrees.
23.5o
23.5o
This is called the Earth’s ‘tilt’.
Winter Season
Summer Season
Winter Solstice
Summer Solstice
The ‘tilt’ is why we have seasons.
23.5o
Spring Season
23.5o
Spring Equinox
23.5o
23.5o
23.5o
23.5o
23.5o

5. Autumn Equinox The Northern Hemisphere Equator Autumn Equinox.
Home
Equator
Again
23.5o
Autumn Equinox
Autumn Season
Autumn Equinox.
Sun is centred over the Earth’s Equator.
Autumn.
For the North the next season is Winter.
Winter Season
Summer Season
Winter Solstice
Summer Solstice
The days and nights are the same length (12hrs).
Autumn Equinox
Spring Season
Spring Equinox
The Northern Hemisphere

7. Winter Solstice The Northern Hemisphere Equator Cancer
Home
Autumn Equinox = Spring Equinox.
In the Southern Hemisphere.
Summer Solstice = Winter Solstice.
In the Southern Hemisphere.
Equator
Again
23.5o
Autumn Equinox
Autumn Season
Cancer
Colder
Sun is over the Tropic Of Capricorn.
Winter Season
Summer Season
North is cold, short days, long nights.
Winter Solstice
Summer Solstice
For the North the next season is Spring.
Spring Season
Capricorn
Winter Solstice
Spring Equinox
The Northern Hemisphere

9. Spring Equinox The Northern Hemisphere Cancer
Home
Autumn Equinox = Spring Equinox.
In the Southern Hemisphere.
Summer Solstice = Winter Solstice.
In the Southern Hemisphere.
Again
23.5o
Autumn Equinox
Autumn Season
Cancer
Sun is above the Earth’s Equator.
Day and night are equal. (12hrs)
Winter Season
Summer Season
Winter Solstice
Summer Solstice
For the North the next season is Summer.
Spring Season
Capricorn
Spring Equinox
Spring Equinox
The Northern Hemisphere
Equator

11. Summer Solstice The Northern Hemisphere Cancer
Home
Autumn Equinox = Spring Equinox.
In the Southern Hemisphere.
Summer Solstice = Winter Solstice.
In the Southern Hemisphere.
Again
23.5o
Autumn Equinox
Autumn Season
Cancer
Sun is over the Tropic Of Cancer.
North is hot, long days, short nights.
Winter Season
Summer Season
Winter Solstice
Summer Solstice
For the North the next season is Autumn.
Spring Season
Capricorn
Summer Solstice
Spring Equinox
The Northern Hemisphere
Equator

13. Northern Southern Hemisphere Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere
Summer Solstice = Winter Solstice.
In the Southern Hemisphere.
Home
Autumn Equinox = Spring Equinox.
In the Southern Hemisphere.
Again
Northern
Hemisphere
Southern
Hemisphere
23.5o
23.5o
23.5o
Autumn Equinox
23.5o
23.5o
Spring Season
The Axis of the Earth stays at 23.5 degrees.
23.5o
23.5o
This is called the Earth’s ‘tilt’.
Summer Season
Winter Season
Winter Solstice
Summer Solstice
The ‘tilt’ is why we have seasons.
Autumn Season
23.5o
23.5o
Spring Equinox
Southern
Hemisphere
23.5o
23.5o
23.5o
23.5o
23.5o

14. Click the picture - then a sentence.
Without the earths ‘tilt’ there would be no seasons
Most planets in our solar system have some axis tilt.
Yes
NO NO NO
Makes Earth have seasons.
Solstice is a period of time in the earth’s orbit of the sun.
NO NO NO
Yes
Sun is over Tropic of Capricorn
Mercury has the least tilt only 0.03o.
NO NO NO
Yes
Sun is over Tropic of Equator.
Mercury’s small tilt means its seasons are about the same.
NO NO NO
Yes
Sun is over Tropic of Cancer.
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The Equator divides the planet into two equal parts.
Yes
NO NO NO
Sun is over the Equator.
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15. Click the picture - then a sentence.
The greater the tilt of the axis of a planet the bigger the difference in the seasons.
Mercury has the smallest axial tilt with 0.03o
Yes
NO NO NO
The tilt of the Earth’s axis.
Seasons would be hard to notice on Mercury.
NO NO NO
Yes
Summer Solstice.
Yes
NO NO NO
Neptune’s tilt is larger than Earth at 28.32o
Autumn and Spring.
Yes
NO NO NO
Neptune’s seasons would vary more than Earth’s.
The angle of Mars axis.
Template 1
Autumn always follows winter.
Yes
NO NO NO
Spring Equinox
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16. Click the picture - then a sentence.
The Autumn and Spring Equinoxes are at the day the earth is closest to the sun in its orbit of the sun.
Autumn is the equinox that comes before winter
Yes
NO NO NO
Comes before winter.
Spring is the equinox that comes before summer.
NO NO NO
Yes
Comes after winter.
Summer is when a solstice occurs.
NO NO NO
Yes
Comes after spring.
Winter is when a solstice occurs.
NO NO NO
Yes
Comes after autumn.
Template 1
The southern and northern Autumn Equinox’s are at the same time.
Yes
NO NO NO
Comes during spring.
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17. Click the picture - then a sentence.
December and June are when Earth is at the limits of its orbit.
The Earth is the farthest from the sun.
Yes
Long days and short nights
Long nights and short days
NO NO NO
Southern Hemisphere longest day
Nights & days are equal in both Hemispheres
NO NO NO
Yes
Northern Hemisphere Spring.
Maybe a time when Lunar and loony get mixed.
NO NO NO
Yes
Brett’s birthday.
Yes
Northern Hemispheres Autumn & Southern Spring
NO NO NO
Southern Hemisphere Spring.
Template 1
Long days and short nights
Long nights and short days
Yes
NO NO NO
Northern Hemisphere Longest Day
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