Quiz about Earth's Seasons - Rotation & Revolution

Question 1

Earth's seasons happen because Earth

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is tilted on an imaginary line called an axis.

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is tilted on an imaginary line called the equator.

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randomly feels like being hotter or colder.

Question 2

If it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is ____________ in the Southern Hemisphere.

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winter

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fall

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spring

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summer

Question 3

When we are getting DIRECT sunlight, we are in which season?

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summer

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winter

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fall

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spring

Question 4

Indirect sunlight means a hemisphere is experiencing which season?

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winter

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fall

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summer

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spring

Question 5

If the earth wasn't tilted on its axis, we would...

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experience the same season all the time.

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experience all kinds of wacky seasons.

Question 6

During spring and fall, the Earth isn't tilted which is why we experience more mild temperatures.

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False

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True

Question 7

Earth completes it's ___________________ around the sun in 365 days.

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revolution

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rotation

Question 8

If the Earth did not rotate, one side of the Earth would be in the dark half of the year and light the other half of the year.

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True

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False

Question 9

Earth's revolution is also called a(n)

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orbit.

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journey.

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rotation.

Question 10

Day and night is caused by the ___________ of Earth on it's axis.

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rotation

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revolution

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orbit

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