The Earth
North Pole
In order to understand why it is so cold at the Arctic, we need
to first investigate the Earth, the way it turns and our seasons!
North Pole
Northern Hemisphere
The Earth is divided into two sections – The Northern
Hemisphere, and The Southern Hemisphere, divided
by something called The Equator. The North Pole
is at the very top of the Northern Hemisphere, and
the South Pole at the very bottom of the Southern
Hemisphere. The North Pole is where the Arctic lies,
and this is the northernmost point on the Earth, and
all directions from this Pole point South.
DID YOU KNOW?
The Earth is
approximately 93
million miles from the
Sun!
The diameter of Earth
is approximately 7,962
miles!
8 | FUSE
Axis
Direction of
Earth’s spin
South
Pole
The whole time the Earth is turning on its
axis, day by day, it is also travelling on a
journey around the Sun. It travels round
the Sun in a 'stretched out' circle, called an
ellipse. This journey takes a whole year.
Southern Hemisphere
The Earth
The Earth spins around something
called an axis. An axis is an imaginary
line that runs from the nor ѡ