Temperatures+of+NY+and+the+Equator

Question: How does the angle or tilt of the earth affect temperature distribution?

Hypothesis: I think that the temperature will be different because one side of earth will have more light than the other.

Claim: My claim is that the tilt of the earth does affect the temperature distribution because when the light is toward the earth the temperature increased. Evidence: As shown in my graph the temperature toward and away are different. The temperature toward New York, the temp. are higher than the ones in my temperature away from New York. We used a temperature prob. Every 5 minutes we would check the temp. and as the temp. toward the New York increased, the temp. away from New York decreased. The temperature away from New York started with 77.8 and the one toward started with 76.7 and at the end the one away ended up with 76.5 and the one toward ended up with 83.2. media type="custom" key="12481474" 1. How does the Earth's tilt lead to warmer temperatures during the summer months? 2. How would seasonal patterns be different if the Earth were not tilted? 3. Describe two advantages and two disadvantages of using models to explain the reasons for the seasons?

Q1. The earth's tilt leads to warmer temperatures in the summer months by having a face of the earth face toward the sun. Q2. They would be different because it wouldn't really be touching the North or the South, it would just be touching the center. Q3. 2 advantages: The model shows you how different the temps are/change. Shows you how the sun distributes light. 2 disadvantages: The model isn't accurate. The model is just silly because the lamp doesn't really resolve as the sun cause the globe is like a really cold figure and the lamp doesn't make it warm up in anyway so yeah.