Tuesday 10 May 2011

Sun and Earth observations

Guiding Question: What causes the seasons? How does the tilt of Earth’s axis affect the light received by Earth as it revolves around the Sun?

Hypothesis: We believe that the tilt of the earth and the ultraviolet rays affect the the seasons and the length of the day.

Observing: When it’s winter in the northern hemisphere, the concentrated light is in in the southern hemisphere, especially a little under the equator. When it’s summer in the Northern hemisphere, The most concentrated light is just above, the equator, But also the whole of Northern hemisphere.

Observing: During the winter, in the Northern hemisphere, half way between the equator and the north pole, much less light is received during winter since the concentrated light is in the southern hemisphere. When it’s summer in the northern, most of the concentrated light is half way between the equator and the North pole.

Inferring: If the squares projected on the ball from the acetate become larger, the amount of heat distributed lowers down and becomes colder.

Inferring: The coolest places on earth constantly, are the poles. When it’s summer in the Northern hemisphere

Predicting: We predict that when the toothpick is at its longest time of the year, it will be Summer, and the shortest time will be Winter. This is similar to the Summer and Winter solstices.

Drawing Conclusion: It all depends, when the square, used from the torch, gets closer to the Earth, it gets colder, and depending on how close you put the square to the Earth, it will get even colder. On the other hand, when the squares are farther away from the Earth, it get warmer, then slowly, hotter.

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