Question

Give 4 effects of the revolution of earth. Compare equinox and solstice with three examples. Explain three reasons that make summer: warm and bright, Winter: cold and darkin any of the hemisphere.

Answer 1

the major effects of the earth’s revolution is not that there are seasons (contrary to what some reserve teachers think), which are caused by the axis tilt. however given that the axis tilt is responsible for seasons, the orbit around the sun will make them repeat themselves once per amount of time the earth takes to orbit. the earth’s REVOLUTION will also mean that we see different groups of stars at night over the course of a year. the earth’s revolution around the sun also enables us to measure the distances to nearby stars using the mathematical concept of PARALLAX. The earth’s motion needs to be separated out from our observations about motions of other objects, for example, retrograde motion of planets like Mars, Jupiter and further planets are the result of the earth traveling faster than they do as we overtake them.