Days, Years, and Seasons Vocab Review

Match the vocabulary word with the correct definition.

• season

• The spin of a body on its axis.

• rotation

• The motion of a body that travels around another body; one complete trip around the sun.

• axis

• Half of the Earth that is divided into the northern and southern hemispheres by the equator.

• revolution

• A division of the year that is characterized by recurring weather conditions based on where the Earth is in it's orbit and the tilt of the Earth.

• hemisphere

• An imaginary line in which an object rotates on.

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The Earth takes ________ to rotate on its axis.

The Earth rotates on its axis every 24 hours giving us day and night, but it takes 365 days for the Earth to revolve around the sun, which gives us _______.

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The moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator. ​ (a)  

• equinox
• solstice

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The point at which the sun is as far north or as far south of the equator as possible. ​ (a)  

• solstice
• equinox

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Day & night are caused by the ______________ of earth on its axis

• revolution
• orbit
• rotation
• tilt of the axis

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How long does it take earth to make one revolution around the sun?

• 12 hours
• 24 hours 
• 365 days
• 30 days

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What happens during the Autumnal/Vernal Equinoxes?

• Equal day and night

• Longer days and shorter nights

• Shorter days and longer nights

• Indirect sunlight

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What happens during the summer solstice?

• equal days and equal nights

• longer days and shorter nights

• shorter days and longer nights

• indirect sunlight

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What happens during the winter solstice?

• equal days and equal nights

• longer days and shorter nights

• shorter days and longer nights

• indirect sunlight

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