EWMS: Space

What causes the day and night of Earth? 

• rotation on axis
• revolution around the Sun
• revolution around the moon
• sunrise and sunset

What is the path of an object around another object?

• circle
• elliptical
• orbit
• rotation

What is an imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles; about which Earth rotates?

• tilt
• axis
• equator
• Arctic Circle

To what degree is Earth's axis tilted?

• 23
• 22.5
• 23.75
• 23.5

The Earth's axis is tilted.  This is a part of the reason we have what?

• seasons
• days
• years
• months

This illustration shows the northern hemisphere in which season?

• fall (autumnal)
• winter
• spring (vernal)
• summer

Why do opposite hemispheres have opposite seasons?

• They DON'T have opposites seasons
• If one hemisphere is tilted away, then one is toward.
• One hemisphere is heavier than the other.
• The northern hemisphere has more land than water.

Which solstice season has the most hours of daylight?

• winter
• fall
• summer
• spring

Which season has the least daylight hours?

• spring
• summer
• fall
• winter

Which seasons are called a solstice?

• winter/spring
• winter/summer
• summer/fall
• spring/summer