Seasons

The apparent movement of the Sun across the sky, the moon from day to night and the stars is due to what?

• The movement of the Sun

• The movement of Earth

• The movement of the stars

• The movement of the moon

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The imaginary line that passes through the North and South poles on Earth is called the _______.

• Equator

• Axis

• Hemisphere

• Rotation

The spinning of Earth on its axis is known as ____________. (It takes 24 hours.)

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Counter Clockwise Motion

• Aurora

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The movement of Earth around the Sun is know as a _____________. (Earth's path takes 365.26 days.)

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Counter Clockwise Motion

• Aurora

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Review: The Earth's orbit is what shape?

• Circular

• Trapezoidal

• Elliptical

• Triangular

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Review: The force that attracts ALL objects with matter towards each other is _________.

• Acceleration

• Distance

• Mass

• Gravity

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Review: The factors that affect how strong a gravitational force are ________ and _______.

• Mass and Volume

• Mass and Distance

• Distance and Volume

• Mass and Speed

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Review: All objects are held in their orbits by ___________.

• Mass

• Speed

• Gravity

• Force

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A period of time that has a specific pattern or weather and length of days/nights are known as ________. Earth has 4 different ones.

• Climate

• Solstice

• Season

• Equinox

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Seasons are caused by ________ and ___________;

• The tilt of the Earth and Earth's Revolution around the Sun.

• Just the tilt of Earth on its Axis.

• Just the revolution of Earth around the Sun.

• The rotation of Earth on its Axis.

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