SOAR-High Earth System Science
Vocabulary for Seasons
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Part 1.  Directions:   Use a classroom dictionary and this web site to write definitions.  Then write a sentence using the word correctly to show you understand it's meaning.
vocabulary word
definition
write a sentence
plane of the ecliptic

 

   
summer solstice

 

   
winter solstice

 

   
autumnal equinox 

 

   
vernal equinox

 

   
Tropic of Cancer 

 

   
The Equator 

 

   
Tropic of  Capricorn

 

   
Earth's axis tilt

 

    
subsolar point
 
 
    
perihelion
 
 
   
aphelion
 
 
   
insolation
 
 
   
rotation
 
 
   
revolve
 
 
   

 
Part II.   Practice:  Seasons Word Search online