Quiz about Seasons

Question 1

What season is letter B in the Northern hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

Fall

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Winter

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Summer

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Spring

Question 2

Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 3?

Accepted Answer

Summer

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Winter

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Spring

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Fall

Question 3

Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 2?

Accepted Answer

Spring

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Winter

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Summer

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Fall

Question 4

Which season is taking place in the SOUTHERN Hemisphere in Position 4 (the BOTTOM half)?

Accepted Answer

Spring

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Winter

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Summer

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Fall

Question 5

What season is the NORTHERN hemisphere experiencing?

Accepted Answer

It is winter.

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It is summer.

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It is spring.

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It is fall.

Question 6

The right side of this illustration represents...

Accepted Answer

night

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day

Question 7

What does the rotation of the earth cause us to experience?

Accepted Answer

day & night

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seasons

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year

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eclipse

Question 8

Which of the following best describes the tilt of the earth when it is summer in the southern hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun

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The northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun

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The norther hemisphere is tilted neither toward or away from the sun

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Why are you talking about the northern hemisphere when you asked about the southern hemisphere?

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

23.5 degrees

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Approximately 25 degrees

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Exactly 25 degrees

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90 degrees with respect to the sun

Question 10

Which of the following best describes equinoxes?

Accepted Answer

The earth is tilted neither toward or away from the sun

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The northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun

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The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun

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The southern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun

Question 11

Which  of the following best describes the tilt of the earth during the spring and fall equinoxes?

Accepted Answer

The earth is tilted neither toward or away from the sun (tilt is side to side)

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The earth is tilted away from the sun (Northern hemisphere)

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The earth is tilted toward the sun (Northern hemisphere)

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The earth is not tilted during spring and fall

Question 12

What does the earth's tilt cause?

Accepted Answer

The seasons

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Day and Night

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Tsunamis

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Earthquakes

Question 13

What is the shape of the earth's orbit around the sun?

Accepted Answer

Elliptical (slightly oval)

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Circular

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Square to rectangular

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Variable and changes with the seasons (no particular shape)

Question 14

What effect does the tilt of the earth have?

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It changes the angle that the sun strikes the earth in different land areas

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It causes the earth to be farther away from the sun at different times of the year

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When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have night

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When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have day

Question 15

What season is it in the Southern Hemisphere when it is fall in the Northern Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

spring

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winter

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summer

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fall

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

The equator always receives direct sunlight.

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The equator rotates slower than the poles.

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The equator remains the same distance from the sun.

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The equator has 18 hour days.

Question 17

One rotation of Earth is equal to

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a day.

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a year.

Question 18

What would seasons be like if Earth's axis were straight up and down?

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There would be no seasons.

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Seasons would be the same.

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Seasons would be more extreme.

Question 19

What is the longest day of the year?

Accepted Answer

summer solstice

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winter solstice

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fall equinox

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spring equinox

Question 20

When the Northern Hemisphere leans toward the sun, the northern part gets -

Accepted Answer

more sunlight

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less sunlight

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to be winter

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cooler

Question 21

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

Accepted Answer

It is winter.

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It is summer.

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It is spring.

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It is fall.

Question 22

Which season has the least amount of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

Winter

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Spring

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Summer

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Fall

Question 23

If its ____ in the Northern hemisphere, then its summer in the Southern hemisphere.

Accepted Answer

winter

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spring

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summer

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fall

Question 24

What season is letter A in the northern hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

Summer

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Winter

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Spring

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Fall

Question 25

In what month does the Sun's light strike Chattanooga at the lowest angle?

Accepted Answer

December

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March

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June

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September

Question 26

What season is the Sun closest to the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Winter

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Summer

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Spring

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Fall

Question 27

How long does it take for the Earth to go around the Sun?

Accepted Answer

A Year

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A Day

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A Month

Question 28

How long does it take for the Earth to rotate?

Accepted Answer

A Day

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A Year

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A Month

Question 29

Why do we have different seasons?

Accepted Answer

Both the Earth's tilt on its axis and it's revolution around the Sun

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Only the Earth's tilt on it's axis

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Only the Earth's revolution around the Sun

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Only the Earth's rotation on it's axis

Question 30

Which season has the LONGEST amount of daylight hours in the Northern Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

summer

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spring

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winter

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fall

Question 31

When it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere, it is ____________ in the Northern Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

winter

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spring

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summer

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fall

Question 32

When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, the North Pole is titled ________ the sun.

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away from

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toward

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by

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equally towards

Question 33

This is a graph of the Chicago Sunset and Sunrise in the Northern Hemisphere. What season has the shortest day of the year?

Accepted Answer

Winter Solstice

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Autumnal Equinox

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Summer Solstice

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Vernal Equinox

Question 34

When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun, what is the season?

Accepted Answer

winter

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summer

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fall

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spring

Question 35

What does the earth's tilt cause?

Accepted Answer

The seasons

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Day and Night

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Tsunamis

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Earthquakes

Question 36

What are the reasons for the season?

Accepted Answer

Earth's tilt & revolution

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Earth's tilt & rotation

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Earth's rotation & rovolution

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Earth's tilt & resolution

Question 37

Which season, or seasons, have the shortest daylight hours?

Accepted Answer

Winter

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Summer

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Fall

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Spring

Question 38

Spinning of the Earth on its axis is called...

Accepted Answer

rotation

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revolution

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orbit

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double axis

Question 39

Which season has the least amount of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

Winter

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Spring

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Summer

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Fall

Question 40

If the earth didn't rotate on its axis, what would happen?

Accepted Answer

no day and night

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no seasons

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no tides

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no moon phases

Question 41

Which location has the similar amounts of solar radiation (direct sunlight) year around?

Accepted Answer

equator

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North Pole

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South Pole

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Tropic of Cancer

Question 42

Day and night are caused by the

Accepted Answer

Earth's rotation.

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Earth's revolution.

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Earth's orbit around the sun.

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Earth's tilt.

Question 43

What month would Chattanooga have the Sun's light strike at the lowest angle?

Accepted Answer

December

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June

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September

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March

Question 44

The movement of the Earth around the Sun is called:

Accepted Answer

revolution

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rotation

Question 45

We get the most direct Sun rays during what season?

Accepted Answer

summer

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fall

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winter

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spring

Question 46

Heath lives in the United States. Which pattern of daylight does he experience?

Accepted Answer

more daylight hours in summer than winter

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fewer daylight hours in spring than in fall

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an equal number of daylight hours in all four seasons

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an equal number of daylight hours in summer and winter

Question 47

What season is it in the Northern Hemisphere when the Southern Hemisphere points/tilts toward the sun?

Accepted Answer

winter

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fall

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spring

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summer

Question 48

In winter, the axis of the earth is pointed away or toward the sun?

Accepted Answer

away

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towards

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up

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down

Question 49

In summer, the axis of the earth is pointed away or toward the sun?

Accepted Answer

towards

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up

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down

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away

Question 50

Why is the Equator warmest?

Accepted Answer

Because it receives the most direct sunlight

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Because it is closest to the sun.

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Because no clouds form here.

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Because it is far from the sun

Question 51

Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 1?

Accepted Answer

Winter

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Spring

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Summer

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Fall

Question 52

The Arctic Circle receives several days each year where the sun not seeing.

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 53

Which season(s) have the same amount of daylight hours as nighttime hours?

Accepted Answer

More hours of light during summer, less in winter

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More hour of light during spring, less in fall

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None of the seasons have equal daylight hours

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All are equal

Question 54

What causes there to be longer number of hours of light during the summer

Accepted Answer

Earth tilts toward the sun in summer

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Earth tilt's away from the sun in summer

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Earth's revolves slower in summer

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Earth is closer to the sun

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