Direct+and+Indirect+Sunlight

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 * Question**: How does the angle or tilt of the earth affect temperature distribution?
 * Hypothesis**: There will be a huge change because one country will get indirect light and where the sun is pointing is where it's going to be hotter.
 * Claim/Evidence**: The angle or tilt of the earth does affect the temperature distribution because when a part of the earth is facing the sun, that part will be warmer. (And vice versa.) If you look at New York in the graph, it goes from 78.2° F to 88.3° F. However, when NY is facing away from the sun, it only goes from 76.4° F to 77.7° F. When it is facing the sun it increases 10.1° while it only increases 1.3° when it is facing away from the sun.

The earths tilt will lead to warm temperature during the summer months. If the earth weren't tilted, then there would be a big change. Because it is tilted, the sun would directly hit a area of the earth. When there is direct sunlight, the temperature would obviously be warmer. So if there is direct sunlight in one place, another will be getting indirect sunlight which means the temperature would be low and will decrease. So the summer months are when the earth are leaning towards the sun.
 * A.** How does the Earth's tilt lead to warm temperature during the summer months?

If the earth were not tilted, the seasonal patterns would be different because if it was tilted, the temperature increases and decreases depending on the direction of the sunlight. The season patterns would be the same all year long. One area would have direct sunlight, which means summer all year long while when another has indirect sunlight, that would mean winter all year long.
 * B**. How would seasonal patterns be different if the earth were not tilted?

One advantage: -We can see how it really looks like. (The lamp modeling the sun and the globe modeling the earth.) We can see how the sun looks like when it's direct and indirect. One disadvantage: -In real life the earth and the sun is a thousand times bigger. The sun is also millions of times bigger than the earth while the lamp was much smaller.
 * C**. Describe two advantages and two disadvantages of using models to explain the reasons for seasons?