Earth's Seasons

Why do we experience the changing of the season on the earth?

• distance from the sun
• rotation of the earth
• change in solar output
• tilt of the earth's axix

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The Earth's _______ is an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole.

• vernal equinox
• axis
• solar eclipse
• solar flare

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As the Earth orbits around the sun, the direction of the tilt of its axis changes.

• True
• False

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At position A, in the Northern hemisphere it would be _____?

• Summer
• Winter
• Spring
• Fall

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At position C, in the Northern hemisphere it would be _____?

• Summer
• Winter
• Spring
• Fall

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At position A in the Southern hemisphere it would be _____?

• Summer

• Winter

• Spring

• Fall

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At position C, in the Southern hemisphere it would be _____?

• Summer

• Winter

• Spring

• Fall

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What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

• It is summer.
• It is spring.
• It is winter.
• It is fall.

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Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.

• revolution
• orbit
• rotation
• Tilt

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The imaginary line that separates the northern and southern hemispheres is called the....

• axis
• equator
• solstice
• equinox