Seasons Vocabulary

3. Reason Earth has seasons
8. When the sun's altitude is higher, we have days that are _______.
9. During this season, light from the sun approaches Earth at close to a 90-degree angle
12. Imaginary line around Earth's middle that divides it into northern and southern halves
14. Earth moves around the sun in this direction
18. Pathway Earth follows around the sun
19. One of these occurs every 24 hours
20. A natural satellite that moves around the earth once every 28 days

1. Australia experiences this season when the North Pole is tilted towards the sun and the South Pole is tilted away
2. In Australia, this is on June 21st (2 words)
4. This object in the sky has been used by many cultures to navigate because its location never changes (2 words)
5. Longest day of the year (2 words)
6. Earth completes on of these every 365 days
7. Seattle is located in the Northern ______.
10. As the angle of sunlight gets less direct, the temperature will _______.
11. Distance northward or southward
13. Its gravity is so massive that everything in our solar system moves around it
15. Occurs twice a year when day and night are the same length
16. Earth spins around its ______, which is angled at 23.4 degrees.
17. Earth has four of these, which are marked by particular temperatures, weather patterns, and daylight hours