Identifying Earth Concepts

Use the word bank to identify each description. A period of time that has certain weather and temperatures.

• season

• month

• year

• week

Use the word bank to identify each description. Halves of the Earth.

• hemispheres

• equators

• meridians

• parallels

Use the word bank to identify each description. When the hemispheres get the same amount of sunlight.

• equinox

• solstice

• eclipse

• new moon

Use the word bank to identify each description. Parts of Earth near the equator.

• tropics

• poles

• deserts

• mountains

Use the word bank to identify each description. An imaginary line that runs around the middle of the Earth.

• equator

• prime meridian

• tropic of cancer

• arctic circle

Use the word bank to identify each description. A strong, seasonal wind that often carries heavy rains with it.

• monsoon

• hurricane

• tornado

• cyclone

Use the word bank to identify each description. Earth spins on this once per day.

• axis

• equator

• orbit

• pole

Use the word bank to identify each description. When one hemisphere faces the Sun most directly.

• solstice

• equinox

• eclipse

• new moon

Use the word bank to identify each description. Some animals do this when the seasons change.

• migrate

• hibernate

• forage

• nest

Which two seasons start at a solstice, when one hemisphere faces the Sun most directly?

• Fall and Spring

• Winter and Summer

• Spring and Summer