The Sun rises, sets two different ways
Only exactly each year on two days.
Otherwise, on the horizon it.
Moves along- day by day, bit by bit.
Also changing is the length of night.
And the Sun's height, affecting its light.
Its distance is *not* one of the reasons
That we exist. We are the... ?
2007-01-20 14:06:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
seasons, in turn caused by a tilt in the earth axis of rotation.
2007-01-20 14:11:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seasons makes perfect sense...
"The Sun rises, sets two different ways
Only exactly each year on two days."
The sun will rise and set at a particular azimuth on only two particular days of the year. The azimuth at which it rises and sets changes from day to day.
2007-01-20 18:36:25 · answer #2 · answered by Arkalius 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's an odd riddle. I'm not really sure how to think about that. I'd like to see what the real answer is myself. Seasons rhymes, but it doesn't make much sense to me with the first few lines.
2007-01-20 14:12:55 · answer #3 · answered by Nick R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Equinoxes
2007-01-20 14:11:46 · answer #4 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
North and South Poles.
2007-01-20 14:16:13 · answer #5 · answered by Mez 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
seasons
2007-01-20 14:12:47 · answer #6 · answered by orangehack 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So, what rhymes with "reasons?"
2007-01-20 14:12:05 · answer #7 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eskimos
2007-01-20 14:14:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋