The Tilt in the Earth

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The Tilt in the Earths Axis
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The earths axis is tilted. This diagram shows
the tilt in January
north pole
south pole
The north pole is tilted away from the sun. It
is winter in the northern hemisphere and we have
short days and long nights. The arctic circle
gets no daylight at all. The southern hemisphere
has summer, long days and short nights.
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Complete this diagram to show what happens when
the Earth moves round to the other side of the
sun.
This diagram shows the tilt in July
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This diagram shows the tilt in July
north pole
south pole
The north pole is tilted _________ the sun. It
is _____ in the northern hemisphere and we have
______ days and ______ nights. The arctic circle
gets . In the southern hemisphere it is
______, the days are ____ and the nights are
_______.
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This diagram shows the tilt in July
north pole
south pole
The north pole is tilted towards the sun. It is
summer in the northern hemisphere and we have
long days and short nights. The arctic circle
gets daylight 24 hours a day. In the southern
hemisphere it is winter, the days are short and
the nights are long.