Weather Data and Seasons

The earth is a tilted planet.  What is the degree of tilt?

• Approximately 25 degrees
• Exactly 25 degrees
• 23.5 degrees
• 90 degrees with respect to the sun

What does the earth's tilt cause?

• The seasons
• Day and Night
• Tsunamis
• Earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What effect does the tilt of the earth have?

• It changes the angle that the sun strikes the earth in different land areas
• It causes the earth to be farther away from the sun at different times of the year
• When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have night
• When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have day

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature all year?

• The equator rotates slower than the poles.
• The equator remains the same distance from the sun.
• The equator always receives direct sunlight.
• The equator has 18 hour days.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Where on Earth are there sometimes entire days of darkness?

• The equator

• The North and South poles

• The Tropic of Cancer

• The Tropic of Capricorn

What is this instrument?

• Barometer

• Rain gauge

• Anenometer

• Thermometer

What is this instrument?

• Barometer

• Rain gauge

• Anenometer

• Thermometer

What is this instrument?

• Barometer

• Rain gauge

• Anenometer

• Thermometer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which of the following instruments measure the air pressure?

• Barometer

• Thermometer

• Rain gauge

• Anenometer

Which of the following instruments measure the wind speed?

• Barometer

• Thermometer

• Rain gauge

• Anenometer