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Unit 4 Lesson 1 Part II Earth’s Days, Years, and Seasons

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Seasons change …

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What causes seasons?

•  Most locations on Earth experience seasons. Each season is characterized by a pattern of temperature and other weather trends.

•  We experience seasons due to changes in the

intensity of sunlight and the number of daylight hours as Earth revolves around the sun.

Unit 4 Lesson 1 Earth’s Days, Years, and Seasons

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What causes seasons?

•  At an equinox, sunlight shines equally on the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Half of each hemisphere is lit, and half is in darkness.

•  As Earth moves along its orbit, the sunlight

reaches more of one hemisphere than the other. •  At a solstice, the area of sunlight is at a

maximum in one hemisphere and at a minimum in the other hemisphere.

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What causes seasons?

•  During the September equinox, sunlight shines equally on both poles.

•  During the March equinox, half of each

hemisphere is lit, and the sunlight is centered on the equator.

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What causes seasons?

•  At the December solstice, the North Pole leans away from the sun and is in complete darkness, and the South Pole is in complete sunlight.

•  At the June solstice, the North Pole leans toward

the sun and is in complete sunlight, and the South Pole is in complete darkness.

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Unit 4 Lesson 1 Earth’s Days, Years, and Seasons

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What causes seasons?

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Unit 4 Lesson 1 Earth’s Days, Years, and Seasons