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the axis is a imaginary line that cuts trough the earth it points southwest and northeast
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What is Parallelism of earths axis?
Parallelism of AxisThe earth is constantly rotating as it revolves about the sun. It rotates on an imaginary axis. The earth's axis always points in one direction. Thus as the earth revolves about the sun, the position of the axis at any one time is always parallel to the position it occupied at any previous time. This phenomenon is called parallelism of axis.It always points to the pole star.
What role does the earths axis play in rotation and revolution?
The axis is what the Earth rotates around, like the axis on a wheel.
What is happening on the Earth during a solitice?
The earths rotational axis is tipped 23.5 degrees from vertical The earths rotational axis remains parallel throughout its orbit of the sun, so at one point in the yearly orbit the top half of the axis is at maximum tilt away from the sun, this is the winter solstice / shortest day (northern hemisphere) and summer solstice / longest day (southern hemisphere) Half a year later the positions are reversed as the axis remains parallel leaving the top of the axis tilting in.
Where does the earths axis of rotation intersect with the earths surface?
The geographical North and South Pole - not the magnetic poles.
Earth travels in an orbit as it revolves earths axis is always tilted in the same direction?
No ONE direction ALWAYS. The direction of the Earth's axis changes over the eons. The pattern that the axis draws on the celestial sphere is roughly circular (the precession) making one revolution about every 23000 years but there are small dips too (nutations) which complicate matters. Right now the axis points almost towards the star we call Polaris (it pointed closes sometime in 2007). in 11000 years it will point close to the star we now call Vega. Earth's axis of rotation is precessing, so that the direction in which the north pole points is tracing a circle in the sky. But that's happening so slowly that during the course of a person's lifetime, it appears to point permanently toward the same spot. That spot is presently very close to the star called Polaris ... the 'North Star'.
What does earths axis always point towards?
the axis is a imaginary line that cuts trough the earth it points southwest and northeast
Which best describes the parallelism of the earths axis?
The axis is always aimed toward a point in the sky near Polaris :))
Why are the seasons reversed in the northern and southern hemisphere?
Because Earths axis is tilted.
How do dogs align themselves with the earths axis and which way do they usually point?
dogs usually align themselves with the north/south axis and how this is dogs have sensitive chemicals which allows them to sense the earths axis
During summer which way is the earths axis tilted?
depends on which hemisphere you live if on top it is towards the sun
Numbers to the right of the point of origin on the x-axis are always negative?
Numbers to the right of the point of origin on the x-axis are always negative.
What two things cause the seasons to change on earth?
There are two things that cause it which are the earths orbit and thetilt of the earths axis.
What does the earths axis point directly to in outer space?
Hi it points to da Sun. da
What two things causes the earths four seasons?
The Earth rotates on its axis causing either the North or South Hemishere to tilt towards the sun which ever hemishere is tilted toward the sun it is probably spring or summer.
What is the significants about the earths axis?
The earth is tilted 23.5 degrees. This is what creates the earths seasons. The two hemispheres (north and south) are always on opposite seasons.
Is the x coordinate of a point on the y axis always zero never zero or sometimes zero?
The y-axis has the equation x=0, so every point on the y-axis has an x coordinate of zero.
How will the hours of daylight for the North Pole change if the earths axis was always pointed toward the sun South Pole Equator your latitude?
If one end the Earth's axis always pointed toward the sun, then one pole would ALWAYS be in daylight, and the other pole would NEVER see daylight. Which is which would depend on which end of the axis pointed toward the sun. The Earth's "poles" are the ends of its axis of rotation. It's not possible for either end of the axis to point toward the equator or toward my latitude.
