Sun, Moon, and Earth Phenomenon

The turning or spin of Earth on its axis.

• Revolution
• Rotation
• Rounding
• Rousting

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What is the result of the Earth’s rotation?

• Seasons
• Eclipses
• Moon Phases
• Day and Night

Earth rotates ______ time(s) and revolves ______ time(s) each year.

• 23.5 / 90
• 4 / 365
• 365 / 1
• 12 / 7

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How does the tilt of the Earth‘s axis affect the number of hours of sunlight that are hitting the Earth?

• Sunlight hours are the same all year
• Sunlight hours are greater when tilted toward the Sun
• Sunlight hours are greater when tilted away from the Sun
• Sunlight hours are variable and unpredictable

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How does the tilt of the Earth’s axis affect the angle of the Sun’s rays hitting the Earth?

• Angle is greater in summer / lesser in winter
• Angle is the same in summer / fall
• Angle is greater in winter / lesser in summer
• Greater in summer/lesser in winter/same in summer and fall

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How does the tilt of the Earth and the Earth’s revolution around the Sun cause seasons?

• The tilt wobbles so different parts of Earth are pointed a the Sun at different times of the year
• The tilt is in the same direction so during the year-long revolution, sunlight strikes different regions of the Earth more directly
• The tilt does not change but the Earth gets closer to the Sun during summer and farther from the Sun during winter
• The shifting tilt combined with the Earth moving closer and farther from the Sun during rotation causes the seasons

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When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is _____ in the Southern Hemisphere.

• spring
• summer
• fall
• winter

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When it is summer in the United States, it is _____ in England.

• spring
• summer
• fall
• winter

Seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are _______ those in the Northern Hemisphere.

• the same
• similar
• opposite
• answer not shown

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In winter in the Northern Hemisphere, days are ____ and nights are ____.

• Longer / shorter
• Equal / equal
• Shorter / longer
• answer not shown

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