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What do you call the day on which the Northern Hemisphere receives the MOST direct sunlight and occurs on June 21?
SUMMER SOLSTICE
What do you call the prevailing winds that is characterized by frequent heavy rainfall and humid weather from the west that turns into dangerous typhoons?
HABAGAT (Southwest Monsoon)
What do you call the cool and dry northeast wind coming from Siberia and China and blows down Southeast Asia that occurs from October to late March?
AMIHAN (Northeast Monsoon)
What causes the different seasons to occur?
Earth's TILT as it rotates and revolves around the sun
What date each year does the Southern Hemisphere receives the MOST direct sunlight?
DECEMBER 21 each year
What do you call the lighter portion of the shadow where light is partially blocked?
PENUMBRA
What do you call the flat surface of Earth's revolution around the sun?
ECLIPTIC PLANE
Identify the places on Earth where the sun never sets during summer, but during winter, the sun does not shine with 24 hours?
ARCTIC and ANTARCTIC CIRCLES
What eclipse occurs when the moon moves within the shadow of Earth. This is only possilbe during full moon phase.
LUNAR ECLIPSE
What kind of eclipse happen if the moon is BETWEEN the EARTH and the SUN?
SOLAR ECLIPES
This season is characterized by high temperature, high humidity due to Southwest monsoon (June-October)
Wet Season
This occurs around March 21, when the North Pole starts to change from being pointed toward the sun to being pointed away from the sun.
VERNAL/SPRING EQUINOX
What term is used when the North Pole is tilted away from the Sun where only a smaller part of the Northern Hemisphere receives sunlight. This occurs during December 21
WINTER SOLSTICE
What does the North Pole experience when it is pointed toward the Sun?
 MORE DAYTIME
What factors does the amount of insolation (energy received on Earth surface) depend on?
1) length of daytime& nighttime 2) Solar altitude (angle of the sun)
What do you call the imaginary line running from the magnetic north and south poles. It is tilted 23.50 degrees from a line perpendicular to Earth's ecliptic plane.
AXIS


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