EPS 100 (Stapleton) Name: __________________________________ Seasons 1. Why do we have seasons? What causes the temperature to change during the year? a. b. 2. Why do the hours of daylight and the angle of sunlight change during the year? a. b. 3. Correctly shade the Earth’s in the diagram below. 4. Identify each of the following for the Northern Hemisphere: The first day of Summer: ______________ The first day of Winter: ______________ The first day of Spring: ______________ The first day of Fall: ______________ 5. Label each Earth with the date and the name of the day. 6. Shade the Earths in the diagrams below. Label each Earth with the correct date from the table below. Then choose the correct hours of daylight and directness of sunlight in all of the cells below. Approximate Hours of Daylight Hemisphere Location June 20 September 22 December 20 March 20 North Pole Northern Tropic of Hemisphere Cancer Equator Tropic of Southern Capricorn Hemisphere South Pole Directness of Sunlight Hemisphere Date When Sun is Most Date When Sun is Least Location Direct Direct North Pole Northern Tropic of Hemisphere Cancer Equator Tropic of Southern Capricorn Hemisphere South Pole
EPS 100 (Stapleton) Name: __________________________________ Seasons 1. Why do we have seasons? What causes the temperature to change during the year? a. b. 2. Why do the hours of daylight and the angle of sunlight change during the year? a. b. 3. Correctly shade the Earth’s in the diagram below. 4. Identify each of the following for the Northern Hemisphere: The first day of Summer: ______________ The first day of Winter: ______________ The first day of Spring: ______________ The first day of Fall: ______________ 5. Label each Earth with the date and the name of the day. 6. Shade the Earths in the diagrams below. Label each Earth with the correct date from the table below. Then choose the correct hours of daylight and directness of sunlight in all of the cells below. Approximate Hours of Daylight Hemisphere Location June 20 September 22 December 20 March 20 Northern Hemisphere North Pole Tropic of Cancer Equator Southern Hemisphere Tropic of Capricorn South Pole Directness of Sunlight Hemisphere Location Date When Sun is Most Direct Date When Sun is Least Direct Northern Hemisphere North Pole Tropic of Cancer Equator Southern Hemisphere Tropic of Capricorn South Pole