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What climate zone has the shortest and longest days and nights?
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Is the autumnal equinox the longest day?
An equinox is not the shortest day. It has the same amount of daylight and darkness. The solstices have the longest and shortest days. The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year in terms of the amount of daylight.
What is the name given to longer days and shorter nights?
The longest day, 21st June is the Summer Solstice. The shortest day , 21st December is the Winter Solstice. The days of equal day and nights , 21st March, and 22nd September are the Vernal Equinox and the Autumnal Equinox , respectively. This data applies in the Northern Hemisphere only. In the Southern Hemisphere the data is reversed. The longest day, 21st December is the Summer Solstice. The shortest day , 21st June is the Winter Solstice. The days of equal day and nights , 21st March, and 22nd September are the Autumnal Equinox and the Vernal Equinox , respectively. NB the word 'vernal' is the adjective for 'Spring'.
The shortest and longest days mark what season?
Periods of time are NOT affected by the seasons.
What's the meaning of solstice?
The word solstice refers to two times of the year when the sun is at its highest and lowest point in the sky at noon. These are the longest and shortest days of the year and it happens on the first day of winter and the first day of summer.
What is the relationship between daylight and nighttime on an equinox?
Days become shorter from the Summer Solstice in June [the longest day of the year] through the Winter Solstice in December [the shortest day of the year] , when the days begin growing longer again. [At the Vernal and Autumnal Equinoxes, midway between the solstices, the days and nights are of equal lengths.]
How do the lengths of day contrast for the summer solstice and the winter solstice?
Summer solstice the days in the northern hemisphere are longest and the nights are shortest. But in the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere the days are shortest and the nights are longest.
How do lengths of day contrast for the summer solstice and winter solstice?
Summer solstice the days in the northern hemisphere are longest and the nights are shortest. But in the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere the days are shortest and the nights are longest.
What are the winter and summer solstices?
June 21st and December 21st, the shortest and longest nights of the year.
What time of year does Antarctica have its shortest days and longer nights?
what time of year does antartica have its shortest days and longer nights
What is a winter?
Is the coldest season of the year in temperate climates between autumn and spring. At the winter solstice, the days are shortest and the nights are longest, with days lengthening as the season progresses after the solstic
What are solstices and?
The're the longest and shortest days of the year!
What a planet that has the longest days and nights?
Mercury. (It is NOT Venus).
What season are long days and short nights?
The shortest day of the year is the first day of Winter, but the days start to get longer through the first day of Spring - when days and nights are equal - until the first day of Summer, which is the longest day and shortest night. From there, the days start to shorten through the first day of Autumn (or Fall) when the days and nights are again equal. The days continue to shorten until the first day of Winter when the cycle repeats itself. So, the seasons that have days that are shorter than nights will be Autumn and Winter. Typically, its the winter season.
Are the longest days always in the summer are the shortest days always in the winter?
Yes.
What are the days called with the shortest and longest days?
The winter solstice and the summer solstice.
What are equinox and solstices?
The're the longest and shortest days of the year!
What are the shortest and longest of animal gestation?
Shortest: American Opossum or Virginian Opossum - 8 days Longest: Asiatic Elephant - 760 days *These are mammals, the longest remains the same but the shortest would be the house fly with a gestation period of 24 hours.
