Kinesthetic Earth Orbit: https://vimeo.com/104109683 3. Which hand was the “west

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Kinesthetic Earth Orbit:

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3.         Which hand was the “west side of the map?”(1)

4.         Which way did you rotate so the sun set in the west?(1)

5.         Where does the northern end of the Earth’s axis point?(1)

6.         What is the angle of the axial tilt?(1)

7.         Does the axial tilt direction or angle change at any time during the year?(1)

8.         What is the date of the June solstice? (1)

9.         Describe the position of the earth (including its axis) and sun at the June solstice, and draw it here.(3)

10.       In the Northern Hemisphere, what season begins on the June Solstice? (1)

11.       What is the solar declination on the date of the June Solstice?(1)

12.       What is different about the Earth-Sun relationship at the Equinoxes and at the Solstices?(2)

Explanation / Answer

1.The Earth rotates around a north-south axis as you see on the right. Most maps show North at the top and South at the bottom. To the left is West and to the right is East.

2.We rotate from west to east,so that the sun set in west.

3.Currently, for instance, Earth's axis points toward a star called Polaris. Polaris, which gets its name because it is almost directly above the North Pole, is the current North Star.

4. the Earth's axis is tilted 23.5 degrees from the plane of its orbit around the sun.

5.Over the course of a year, the angle of tilt does not vary.

But this tilt changes. During a cycle that averages about 40,000 years, the tilt of the axis varies between 22.1 and 24.5 degrees.

6.21 june.

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