A. night and day B. high and low tides C. the four seasons D. solar eclipses
2006-08-27 05:13:21 · 6 answers · asked by rick g 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
the 4 seasons
2006-08-27 05:18:38 · answer #1 · answered by chazzer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The amount of energy you receive from the sun. Tides are the gravitational pull of the moon. The seasons are mainly tilt and in tiny part proximity. An eclipse involves the orbit of the moon as well. Your revolution and tilt influence night and day.
2006-08-27 12:34:53 · answer #2 · answered by kazak 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C. seasons. Imagine the solar system on a plane (as in geometry) using the standard compass points North, South, East and West (this wouldn't actually exist, but it's easier to explain this way).
With the 23.5 degree tilt, when the earth is "North" of the sun, it is the autumnal equinox (fall in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern). As the earth rotates on its axis, the sun appears to follow the equator.
Over the next three months, the earth revolves to the "west" position and the southern hemisphere gets more sunlight (the sun 'follows' the Tropic of Capricorn), because of the tilt (it is summer in the southern hemisphere and winter in the northern).
As the earth continues to revolve over the next three months to the "south" position, the sun again appears to follow the equator and it is the vernal equinox (spring in the north and fall in the south).
Keep going around the sun for another three months 'til the earth is in the east position and the sun is above the Tropic of Cancer and it is summer in the north and winter in the south.
There, clear as mud? Good, now check out these websites for a visual explanation.
2006-08-27 08:38:11 · answer #3 · answered by homeschoolmom 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the lean is preserved with the help of angular momentum - something that is spinning resists a metamorphosis in direction of the axis of spin. however the sunlight's gravity has a tendency to undo the lean (through fact, at countless positions interior the Earth's orbit, the northern end is closer or farther than the southern end), which reasons wobbling on a 26,000-3 hundred and sixty 5 days cycle. the lean is often changing in a 40,000-3 hundred and sixty 5 days cycle, various between 24.5 & 21.5 tiers (presently 23.5).
2016-12-17 18:06:30 · answer #4 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The four seasons.
2006-08-27 13:46:42 · answer #5 · answered by Gypsy Girl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
b. high and low tides
2006-08-27 07:17:38 · answer #6 · answered by worldstiti 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋