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seasons [animated facts] [equator tropics hemispheres] [appear]

seasons [animated facts] [equator tropics hemispheres] [appear]
  • Fact 1 : The Earth rotates on it's axis and orbits the Sun.
  • Fact 2 : It rotates on it's tilted axis every 24 hours.
  • Fact 3 : The rotation every 24 hours gives us night and day.
  • Fact 4 : The Earth orbits the Sun every 365 days giving us the seasons.
  • Fact 5 : The Equator is an imaginary line going around the centre of Earth.
  • Fact 6 : At the top of the Earth is the North Pole.
  • Fact 7 : At the bottom of the Earth is the South Pole.
  • Fact 8 : The half of Earth above the Equator is called the Northern Hemisphere.
  • Fact 9 : The half of Earth below the Equator is called the Southern Hemisphere.
  • Fact 10 : In the Northern Hemisphere there are two more imaginary lines.
  • Fact 11 : The Tropic of Cancer and further north the Arctic Circle.
  • Fact 12 : In the Southern Hemisphere there are two more imaginary lines.
  • Fact 13 : The Tropic of Capricorn and further south the Antarctic Circle.
  • Fact 14 : If the Earth was not tilted the Sun's heat would be unchanging.
  • Fact 15 : The Equator would be the hottest area all year round.
  • Fact 16 : The Earth is tilted and so the Sun's heat is changeable.
  • Fact 17 : The amount of sunlight which each areas gets changes throughout the year.
  • Fact 18 : This is why we have seasons.
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