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Assignment

3.1 What is Season?

Seasons happen due to the yearly revolution of the Earth
around the Sun and the tilt of the Earth's axis relative to the
plane of revolution. In Temperate and Polar regions, the
seasons are marked by changes in the amount of sunlight
which may cause animals to go into hibernation or to migrate,
and plants to be dormant.
The Northern hemisphere is closer to the sun at times of
the year than the southern, it is exposed to more light causing
summer to come into action at different times as the earth
revolves.
In temperate and polar regions generally four seasons are
recognized: spring, summer, autumn, winter.
In some tropical and subtropical regions it is more
common to speak of the rainy (or wet, or monsoon) season
versus the dry season, because the amount of precipitation
may vary more dramatically than the average temperature. In
other tropical areas a three-way division into hot, rainy and
cool season is used. In some parts of the world, special
"seasons" are loosely defined based upon important events
such as a hurricane season, tornado season or a wildfire
season.
Answer these questions.
1. How long does it take for the Earth to move around the
Sun and cause the season?
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2. Which part of the world is closer to the Sun in summer?
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3. How many seasons are generally recognized in Temperate
and Polar regions?
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What are they?
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4. What are the two parts of the Earth that are north and
south of the tropics called?
….………………………………………………….
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Vocabulary Study
revolutio the movement of something in a circle การหมุน

n around something else, either once or

 continuously
tilt to move something so that one side is เอียง

lower than the other

hemisph one half of the Earth, divided between ซีกโลก

ere north and south by the equator

region a large area of land whose politics, อาณาเขต
เขต พื้นที่
geography, or culture is different from
other areas

amount a quantity of something จำานวน

hibernati if an animal hibernates, it sleeps for the สภาวะจำาศีล

on whole winter

migrate travel regularly from one part of the อพยพ

world to another

dormant not active or not growing at the present อยู่เฉยๆ

สงบ
time

expose to show something that is usually covered เปิ ดเผย

or hidden

versus show that two people or teams are ตูอสู่กับ

เปรียบเทียบ
competing against each other in a game กับ
 or court case:

precipita rain, snow etc that falls on the ground, or ปริมาณของ

นำ ้ าหรือหิมะ
tion the amount of rain, snow etc that falls ที่ตกลงสู่
โลก
average the average amount is the amount you get คูาเฉลี่ย
when you add together several quantities
and divide this by the total number of
quantities