Unit 3 - Seasons and Atmosphere

Explain what causes seasons

2. Be able to draw the Earth/Sun position for each season, determine how many hours of daylight would be experienced in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere for each season and where the direct rays would be

3. Define: equinox, solstice, perihelion, aphelion, rotation, and revolution

4. describe direct and indirect rays and explain why we have them

5. Explain the differences (in detail) between convection, conduction and radiation and give examples of each

6. List the waves of the electromagnetic spectrum from shortest to longest

7. Be able to use Eratosthenes method to determine the circumference of the Earth