Week 4 (Day 3)
PART C. Use the words in the box to complete the sentences below.
The Earth takes
days to orbit around the sun.
axis
The Earth is also spinning on an
tilted at 23.5°
equator
This means that different parts of the Earth receive more direct rays form the
equinox
different times of the year.
hemispheres
The
divides the Earth into Northern and Southern
shortest
When the Northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun it is
solstice
hemisphere.
summer
are called
winter
А
365 14 days
solstice is sometimes called the
in that
On two days a year, both hemispheres receive equal hours of day and night. These
sun
is when the sun is at its greatest distance from the equator. The
day.​