Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Solstices & Equinoxes

Vocabulary:



 Word
 Native Language
 Definition
 Axis
 轴
 The imminary line
 Tilt
 斜线
 To the size,orn not straight
 Equinoxes
 平分时
 Equal night, equal day
 Solstices
 季节
 Longest day and shortest day
 Summer Solstices
 夏至
 The first day of summer and the longest day in the year
 Winter Solstices
 冬至
 The first day of the winter and the shortest day in the year
 Vernal Equinox
 春至
 The first day of spring
 Autumnal Equinox
 秋至
 The first day of fall and equal night and eaual day
 Equator
 赤道
 The imaginary line around the Earth and divided the Earth by two part
 Direct Sunlight
 直射阳光
 When the light from the Sun hits the Earth in a straight
 Indirect Sunlight
 斜射阳光
 When the light from the Sun hit the Earth at an angle
 Hemisphere
 半球
 Half of the Earth
 Ellipse
 椭圆
 An oval
 Orbit
盘旋
 An object moving around another object.

Summary:
           Solstices either of the two times of the year at which the Sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at midday marked by the longest and shortest days. Equinox mean the equal day and equal day by 12 hours of each. The Earth divided by two part by the equator, one is the northern and other one is the southern. Season happen because Earth revolving around the Sun by orbit and Tilt. Tilt is the angle from right postition to size by 23.5 degress. Each year have two solotices and teo equinox. The summer solstice is star on June 20/21. The very long day in the year and it is the first day of summer. Winter solstice is happen on December 21/22. It is the shortest day of the year and first day of winter. Autumnal equinox happen on September 21/22 and is the first day of fall. Equal day and equal night by 12 hours of each. Vernal equinox happen on March 21/22 and is the first day of the spring.

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Critical Thinking Question:
How is earth affected by movement ( revolution)?
            The earth revolving around the sun by orbit. It takes 365 days or 1 year to revolve one time around the sun and rotate 24 hours on axis. The earth rotation cause day and night. The earth revolution cause four different seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumnal, and Winter. Also cause different temperature and rain falls.

Reflection:
1.What did you enjoy most about this project?
           I enjoy working with Shahzod, because we collaborate and make fun with each other. I enjoy learning new stuff and making video.

2.What was most challenging for you during this project and why?
           The most challenging for me during this project is drawing pictures and making images, because my drawing is terrible.

3.What new skills did you learn from doing this project.
           New skills that I learned from doing this project is collaborate with group number.

4.Is there anything that you could have done to improve any of your work? Explain.
           Yes, after I watched every group videos. Compare to other group video, I knew that our video did bot have a lot image and detial to show. We can add more inage and fun to make it more perfect.