Earth Sciences

The south end of Earth's axis is tilted toward the sun in December. This tilt causes the Southern Hemisphere to experience summer during this time.

The energy that doesnt reach earth just goes out into the universe. Say that energy comes from the sun, well by the time it would've reached earth it would've spanned and expanded out so we (earth) would only receive a portion of the energy than what was previously released from the sun. :)

The city where winds blow across an ocean can vary depending on the prevailing wind patterns. For example, cities like San Francisco, Cape Town, and Tokyo experience winds blowing across the ocean due to their coastal locations and prevailing wind directions.

As the Earth orbits the sun, it is spinning on its axis (Kind of like a basketball being spun on a player's finger). The sun can only hit half of the Earth at once. So when you are on the side of the Earth that is facing away from the sun, it is night. When it is facing the sun, it is day.

yes honey, that's why hot air balloons rise

Yes, the Earth is located in the Milky Way galaxy. The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy that contains our solar system and billions of other stars, planets, and celestial objects.

The Earth rotates itself as is revolves around the Sun. Earth is said to have a Prograde rotation by only looking at the North pole. Unlike Earth, Venus has a Retrograde rotation. A Prograde rotation is counterclockwise, while a Retrograde rotation is clockwise.

So, from Earth, the sun looks like it rises from the East and rests in the West, but on Venus, the sun rises from the West and sets in the East.

Apparently, the answer is that Earth itself rotates counterclockwise as it revolves around the sun.

(of course the sun doesn't move, nor is the Earth at the center of the galaxy)

Stars are classified by size using the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, which categorizes them based on luminosity and temperature. Stars are sorted into main sequence, giant, supergiant, or dwarf categories. Temperature determines a star's color, with hotter stars appearing blue-white and cooler stars appearing red.

Cyanobacteria are believed to be responsible for establishing Earth's oxygen-rich atmosphere. Nearly 2.3 billion years ago, these microbes, which lived in the seas, were the first organisms to produce oxygen, leading to the transformation of the Earth's environment.

During the day, sunlight is much brighter than the light from stars, making it difficult to see the dimmer constellations. The scattered light in the Earth's atmosphere also hinders visibility of stars during daylight hours.

A compound contains more than one kind of element. Compounds are made up of two or more different elements that are chemically bonded together. This differs from elements, which are pure substances made up of only one type of atom.

Stars are massive celestial objects that are millions of miles away from Earth. While meteorites and asteroids, which are pieces of space rock, can fall to Earth, stars do not land on our planet as they are far too large and distant.

In astronomy, the phrase "the sun rises in the west and sets in the east" refers to the fictional world of Tatooine from the Star Wars universe. On Tatooine, due to its unique twin suns, the suns appear to rise in the west and set in the east. This is not scientifically accurate based on our understanding of planetary motion in our solar system.

Of the Sun's energy reaching Earth's atmosphere, just under 60% reaches the Earth's surface.

Only a small fraction of the Sun's energy reaches Earth, of course.

In fact it's only about 0.000000045 percent.

So, the answer to the question is: about 0.000000025 percent.

The altitude of the sun is the angle between the sun and the observer's horizontal plane. It changes throughout the day as the sun rises and sets. At solar noon, when the sun is at its highest point in the sky, the altitude is its maximum.

When a planet is far away from the sun, the pull of gravity between them will decrease. This is because gravity weakens with distance, following the inverse square law. The gravitational force between two objects is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

Although its presence was suspected as early as 1926, the worldwide occurrence of the asthenosphere was confirmed by analyses of earthquake waves from the Great Chilean Earthquake of May 22, 1960.

Jupiter actually has many satellites. As of February 2004, Jupiter had a confirmed number of 63 satellites, ranging from the largest four, the Galilean moons, Ganymede, Io, Callisto, and Europa. 53-55 of Jupiter's satellites are tiny and unimportant, small space objects caught in the planet's gravity

The idea is thought to have originated with Anazimander, a Greek who lived around 588 B.C.E. Before him, several explanations were given, like it was held up by a giant turtle or was floating in a giant sea.

The lifespan of a helmeted honeyeater is typically around 7-9 years in the wild. In captivity, they can live longer, up to 15 years or more. However, factors such as habitat loss, predators, and disease can impact their lifespan in the wild.

The theory of Earth expansion is not widely accepted by the scientific community. The Earth's mantle is in a plastic state, so the lithosphere can deform without the need for the entire Earth to expand. plate tectonics explain the movement of Earth's lithosphere.

Mass is a property almost all matter has. It does not change from place to place, it is always constant. It is measured in Kg.

Gravity is the effect mass has on other mass. It is the effect 2 (or more) bodies of mass drawn to each other. Gravity is measured in m/(s^2), this is a unit of acceleration.

The surface temperature of a "hot jupiter" is typically between one and two thousand degrees. They are heated very strongly by the star because they are orbit so closely. For comparison, in our Solar System, Jupiter has a much lower temperature of between one and two hundred degrees. Because the hot jupiters always show the same face to the star, the heating is always on the same side and drives strong winds around the planet that redistribute the energy from the hot day- side to the cooler night-side. The temperature variation between the day- and night-sides depends on how efficiently the winds can transport the heat.