Seasons and Zones

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Across
  1. 3. Solstice The longest day of the year, around June 21st in the Northern Hemisphere.
  2. 7. Equinox The day when and night are equal in length, around September 22nd-23rd in the Northern Hemisphere.
  3. 8. Solstice The shortest day in the year, around December 21st in the Northern hemisphere.
  4. 10. Zone The mild regions between the tropics and the polar circles.
  5. 11. of Capricorn Latitude 23.5 degrees South, where the sun is directly overhead on the winter solstice.
Down
  1. 1. The imaginary line Earth spins around, tilted at 23.5 degrees
  2. 2. Equinox The day when day and night are equal length, around March 20-21 in the Northern Hemisphere.
  3. 4. Sun Time in polar regions when the Sun is visible at midnight.
  4. 5. An imaginary line Earth spins around at 0 degree latitude.
  5. 6. Nights Time in polar regions when the sun does not rise for weeks or months.
  6. 9. Zone The hot region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
  7. 11. of Cancer Latitude 23.5 degrees North, where the sun is directly overhead the summer solstice.