weather and climate

The Seasons 

• The earth rotates once every 24 hours on its imaginary axis  
• The earth axis os always tilted at the same angle.
• This rotation causes day and night 
• The earth revolves around the sun 
• This path is called orbit.
• The sun does not move it stays in one position. 
• The earth takes 365 1/4 days to revolve around the sun.
• The revolution of the earth causes seasons 

Summer and winter days

summer in the southern hemisphere:

• summer solstice sun's rays fall directly over the tropic of Capricorn -22 December
• the southern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun 
• the southern hemisphere has summer
• experience long days and short nights 
• south pole has 24 hours of daylight.

Winter in the southern hemisphere :

Winter Solstice:

• the sun's rays fall directly over the tropic of cancer-21 June (winter solstice the southern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun 
• the southern hemisphere has winter experience short days and long nights 
• south pole has a 24 hour night 

Autumn And Spring In The Southern Hemisphere:

• the sun's rays fall directly over the equator -21 march 
• neither hemisphere is tilted towards the sun 
• the southern hemisphere has autumn 
• all places on the earth have a 12 hour day and night
• 21 march -autumn equinox 

Spring In The Southern Hemisphere:

• the sun's rays fall directly over the equator- 23 September
• neither hemisphere is tilted towards the sun 
• the southern hemisphere has spring 
• all places on earth have a 12 hour day and night  
• 21 march- Autumn Equinox

 

Weather:

the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time as regards heat, cloudiness, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

Climate:

he weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.

weather maps:
a map showing the state of the weather over a large area

Climate maps
Climate maps. give general information about the climate and precipitation (rain and snow) of a region. Cartographers, or mapmakers, use colors to show different climate or precipitation zones. Economic or resource maps.