The Earth is on a trip.
The Earth is tilted.
The sun is up. Hot!
The sun is up a lot.
Snow! The sun is up less.
In fall a leaf is red.
The tilt makes hot and cold.
Words to know
- tilted: not straight
- trip: a long go
Facts
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Sun, Snow and Leaves
The Seasons: Why do we have seasons?
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Sources
- https://science.nasa.gov/earth/facts/
- https://www.weather.gov/dvn/Climate_Astronomical_Seasons
- https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/seasons/en/
- https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/k-12-education/understanding-our-planet/why-does-earth-have-seasons
- https://ndbc.noaa.gov/education/seasons_ans.shtml
- https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/k-12-education/optical-phenomena/what-solstice
- https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/season/
- https://earthsky.org/earth/can-you-explain-why-earth-has-four-seasons
- https://www.nps.gov/articles/why-do-leaves-change-in-the-fall.htm
- https://www.earthdate.org/episodes/fall-colors
- https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/winter-survival-strategies.htm
- https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/migration
- https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/seeing-equinoxes-and-solstices-from-space-52248
- https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/thompson.1847/161/seasons.html
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earths-aphelion-isnt-the-reason-for-the-seasons/
- https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/k-12-education/understanding-our-planet/why-do-leaves-change-color
- https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/the-intertropical-convergence-zone-703
- https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/news/nighttime-begins-the-south-pole-no-sunrise-the-next-six-months
- https://earthsky.org/earth/why-isnt-the-longest-day-of-the-year-the-hottest-day
- https://courses.ems.psu.edu/meteo3/book/export/html/1967
- https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/meteorological-versus-astronomical-seasons
- https://science.nasa.gov/mars/facts/
- https://science.nasa.gov/uranus/facts/
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/what-is-perihelion-earth-orbit
- https://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Skepl2A.htm
- https://www.usanpn.org/about/phenology
- https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-science-of-hibernation.htm
- https://www.nps.gov/articles/bears-winter.htm
- https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/annual-migration-tropical-rain-belt
- https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/earth-science/milankovitch-orbital-cycles-and-their-role-in-earths-climate/
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