The Earth and Sun
Across
- 5. the area between the Polar Zone and Tropical Zone (winters are cold, summers are warm - we live here) (the _______ zone)
- 6. an imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth from North Pole to South Pole
- 7. If it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
- 8. a circular path the Earth takes when moving around the Sun
- 9. northernmost line that gets constant direct sunlight (Tropic of ___)
- 10. the area between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn (warm all year)
- 14. Areas between the poles and the circles (very little direct sunlight and cold most of the year)
Down
- 1. one full trip the Earth makes around the sun - it takes 365 ¼ days (1 full year)
- 2. southernmost line that gets constant direct sunlight (Tropic of ________)
- 3. Northernmost line that does not receive sun at all on one day a year. (dark for 24 hours straight)
- 4. the Southernmost line where the sun doesn't shine at all for one day a year.(________ Circle)
- 11. This causes different amounts of sunlight to hit Northern and Southern Hemispheres causing the seasons
- 12. If it is fall in the Southern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Northern Hemisphere?
- 13. spinning motion the Earth makes while spinning on its Axis