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Why do shadows in the southern half of Australia point south at midday?
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∙ 9y ago
There is more daylight on the south of the equator due to the tilt of the earth. The earth tilts toward the sun in the southern hemisphere, and away from the sun in the northern hemisphere.
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∙ 9y agoIf the Sun is in the North the shadow will cast in a different direction. The length of the shadow will vary depending on the time of year it is.
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Where is the sun at midday?
In the highest point in the sky.
Hoot point of view?
its the authors's point of view
Why does Australia have different living things to other continents?
First of all, if you're a creationist, ask your local representative of whichever divine being you believe in. Ignore the rest of this post, as creationists will consider it heresy. It has to do with genetic drift - the foundation of evolution. Australia is a very isolated continent, lacking any land bridge to another continent. It is thus isolated. Furthermore, the climate of Australia differs significantly from the other 6 (for that matter, the other 6 also have unique climates), meaning adaptations in Australia need to solve a different set of problems. When a population of a species is isolated from the rest of that species, as those of Australia were whenever continental drift separated Australia from what was left of Pangea (the megacontinent from when all of the continents were connected), its genetic traits slowly begin to differ from the original species - this is called genetic drift. Eventually, instead of 2 separated populations of a single species, we have 2 separate species. One of these species is in Australia, the other in the Pangea remenant (probably just Eurasia at that point). Why they are so radically different in Australia than in most other continent combinations is primarily due to the amount of time since Australia separated from Pangea. South America and Africa split fairly recently. The geological evidence has not yet eroded away, and is easily identified by geologists. Furthermore, the genetic differentiation has not been enough to make a significant difference between Jaguars and Leopards (well, from a layman's perspective). Just going from the amount of genetic drift, I'd suggest that Australia split from the other continents fairly early in the disintegration of Pangea, perhaps even the first significant land mass to split off (other than possibly Antarctica, which is barely relevant in a discussion of evolutionary diversity.
Do all penguins live at the South Pole?
No penguins live at the South Pole. Penguins are found in the Antarctic, but not at the South Pole itself. This theoretical point lies too far inland for penguins, or any other animals to venture. Penguins are only found in the southern hemisphere, and are by no means restricted to the Antarctic. Whilst nothing can actually live at the "South Pole", because it is a point too far inland on the Antarctic continent to support life, penguins are one of the most abundant lifeforms found on the Antarctic peninsula and surrounding islands.
What is the Point of view the turtle and the monkey?
The story I read was in third person point of view.
At what time of day would you expect to find the shortest shadows?
NOON When the sun is at it's highest point in the sky
What is the name of the promontory that is the southernmost point of mainland Australia?
Wilson's Promontory in southern Victoria. South Point in the Promontory is the southern most point in mainland Australia.
Why are shadows shorter in the early morning or at sunset than at midday?
It gets shorter. At mid day it reaches its shortest point, and throughout the rest of the day grows longer. Also, it drifts from west to east. In the northern hemisphere, it points generally north at mid day, swiveling around to the east in the afternoon.
How many kilometres from the northern point of Australia to the southern point of Australia?
The distance between the tip of Australia (Cape York Peninsula) and the bottom of Tasmania is around 3700km.
What time of day is the sun at its highest point?
midday
Where is Australia and how long does it take to get there?
Australia is a continent and country in the southern and eastern hemispheres. How long it takes to get there depends on your point of departure and method of travel.
Which cities would you see if you traveled from Australia to the South Pole?
It would depend entirely upon one's departure point in Australia. However, once a traveller left the southern shores of Australia, he/she would not see any cities, and the Southern Ocean lies between Australia and Antarctica.
Where is the sun at midday?
In the highest point in the sky.
When it is midnight at one point on the earth what time is it at a point exactly halfway around the earth?
It is midday or noon.
What town is 138 56 60 East and 34 31 60 South plus australia?
That point is in southern Australia, about 33.9 miles northeast of the center of Adelaide.
How long is Australia from north to south?
From the most northerly point in Australia, the tip of Cape York in Queensland, to the southernmost point of the Australian mainland, Wilson's Promontory in Victoria, is 3180 km. This does not include the state of Tasmania, a large island off the southern coast of Australia.
Is Australia located in the Eastern part of the Southern Hemisphere?
There is no such thing as an eastern part of the southern hemisphere. East is a direction as is west Every thing is both east and west of a given point.
