Do you love the changing of the seasons?  I do and I think it would get boring to live in a stagnant climate. My favorite time of year is fall and now it’s here.

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Quick-what is the autumnal equinox?   If you said something about the day in September when there is a nearly equal amount of day and light on the equator and is considered to be the beginning of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, you can move to the head of the class!

--During an equinox, the Earth's axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun. The same thing happens on the first day of spring.

--As the world turns, the sun's rays are refracted (bent) to make it look like the sun is above the horizon for a longer period of time, even though it is not. This happens with every sunset, but it's longer during the equinox. Also, the days last longer at places farther from the equator because the sun takes longer to rise and set.
--All equinoxes aren't actually created equal. At the equinox and for a few days just before and after it, the day will last roughly 12 hours and six minutes, as the sun passes directly over the equator.

--As autumn progresses, higher latitudes receive fewer hours of daylight and longer nights. This seasonal change happens because of the Earth's 23.5-degree tilt.

--Fall and winter happen at higher latitudes when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun. The Southern Hemisphere experiences spring and summer at the same time because they're tilted toward the sun.

--People living at the equator see little difference in the seasons because they experience less of the Earth's tilt. (LiveScience.com)

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