What makes summer warm and the days long? What makes winter cold and the days shorter?
Astronomy Lesson 2: Solstice
November 6th, 2009 · 41 Comments
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andre W
// Nov 9, 2009 at 10:35 am
How and does the earth does all of that in 1 year.
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yeeleng
// Nov 9, 2009 at 10:35 am
The summer days are longer than the winter because of the poles and the things that stay.
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Fortune
// Nov 9, 2009 at 10:36 am
in summer it get dark late and in winter it gets dark earlier
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andre w
// Nov 9, 2009 at 10:37 am
How and why the earth does that all in 1 year.
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william.L
// Nov 9, 2009 at 10:37 am
the tilt is the reason the summer is longer because the tilt is not facing the sun . the winter is shorter because it is facing the sun .
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kionte
// Nov 9, 2009 at 10:37 am
the tilt
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jacobl.
// Nov 9, 2009 at 10:38 am
How do earth create warm?And cold?
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samuel.F
// Nov 9, 2009 at 10:38 am
The reason that the and the earth are in different places.
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Andrew C.
// Nov 9, 2009 at 10:39 am
The summer has a cold pals to make it hot in the winter.
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Sunshine V.
// Nov 9, 2009 at 10:39 am
winter days are shorter because the darkness come’s fast.Summer days stay longer because there is more sun.
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angela h.
// Nov 9, 2009 at 10:40 am
the sun makes the summer warm and the days are longer because also we live north and also the world rotates and because of their positions.the moon and the water and because the north pole also the days are shorter because the time goes frontward
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josephina
// Nov 9, 2009 at 10:40 am
Winter day are shorter because the darkness comes fast. Summer day stay longer because there is more sun.
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Diana.P
// Nov 9, 2009 at 10:41 am
Winter is too short and the fall is longer because the earth is moving and the sun is too hot.And the sun could melt the ice or everything that is could.
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Jhisell S
// Nov 9, 2009 at 10:42 am
The summer is warmer and days longer because the equator is tilted to the right.The winter is colder and shorter because the equator is title the opposite side.
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jaevon.a
// Nov 9, 2009 at 10:42 am
winter days are colder because the dark clouds are closer.
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Ben S.
// Nov 9, 2009 at 10:44 am
winter days are colder because the dark clouds are closer. the summer days the sun stays out longer.
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Jaksumy D.
// Nov 9, 2009 at 10:46 am
What makes summer warm and the days longer is that the sun is tortes the earth more longer . And what makes the winter cold is that the sun dose not stay that long .
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ChristianV.
// Nov 9, 2009 at 10:47 am
In summer it dark late but in winter it gets dark earlier
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fernando
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:33 am
summer is hotter because earth gets closer to the sun
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Maggie M.
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:34 am
It makes summer by the earth rotating around the sun.
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BridgetteC.
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:34 am
It makes it by the weather and also the movement of the earth.
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randy r.
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:35 am
It is hot in the summer becuse the sun is closer to eath.
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cieviax.
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:35 am
The summer days are shorter because the sun shines more than the winter days. Winter is shorter because it does not shine more than the sun.
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jose d.
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:35 am
THE sun moves alot.
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KiaraG
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:36 am
what makes summer warm is the sun.what makes the days longer is the sun is to hot to go down.what makes the winter cold is the wind.what makes the days shorter is the sky turns dark because of the cold,cold,cold wind.
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ashley C.
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:36 am
I learned that the sun points near the sun when it comes to summer so that’s why it is so hot during the summer. YAH I’M DONE WHOOO7OOOOOOOOOO!
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kameron
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:36 am
what makes summer hot is the sun and what makes winter cold is the clouds
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patricia g.
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:36 am
what makes summer warm is that it’s the time of the year when the sun gets nearer to the earth.
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ashley C.
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:37 am
I learned that the sun points near the sun when it comes to summer so that’s why it is so hot during the summer. YAH I’M DONE WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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aarmon.e
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:37 am
the days are longer becauuse its daylight savings
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ShennX
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:37 am
The summer days are that the moon move alot.
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JUAN CARLOS .N
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:38 am
IT IS SUMMER BEACUSE WE GET OUT OF SCHOOL . WINTER IS COOL.
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Adriana E
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:39 am
The sun is the one that makes the earth warm.The air is the one the one that makes it cold.
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Makayla A.
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:39 am
what makes summer is that the sun is so strong.The sun makes the day longer because it is powerful.IT make the winter cold because the air doesn’t heat up like the sun.why the winter is sort days because it isn’t as powerful as the sun is thats why winter days is shot.
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Makayla A.
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:40 am
what makes summer is that the sun is so strong.The sun makes the day longer because it is powerful.IT make the winter cold because the air doesn’t heat up like the sun.why the winter is sort days because it isn’t as powerful as the sun is thats why winter days is short
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amil
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:41 am
the reason it gets hot in the summer is when earth leans towards the sun.
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MarianaL.
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:41 am
What makes summer is that the sun is so strong.The sun makes the days longer because it is powerful. It makes the winter cold because the air doesn’t heat up like the sun is that why the winter days is short.
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gisell
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:42 am
makes summer warm and the days long by stewing alout and dry. makes winter could and day shorter because.its could be so cold and it freeze slow.
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jazmin
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:42 am
The sun and the mun alot.
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kyle
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:43 am
The reason it gets hot in the summer is when earth is the sun.
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kyle b
// Nov 10, 2009 at 10:44 am
The reason it gets hot in the summer is when earth is the sun.
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