Seasons

Change of Seasons
• Seasons change because the axis of the Earth has an
angle
• Revolution around the sun is CCW
• Rotation of Earth is also CCW
Change of Seasons
Solstice
• Either of the two times in the year, the summer solstice and
the winter solstice, when the sun reaches its highest or lowest
point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest
days
Equinox
• equinox is the date when day and night are the same length
• vernal (spring) Equinox
• autumnal (fall) equinox