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Student in a science class in Marfa, Texas, Made a poster with a diagram to represent a seasonal change in the Northern Hemisphere. which statement best describe conditions for the earth at position 1 in the diagram?

• There are an equal number of hours of daylight and nightime in the Northern Hemisphere, and the North Pole is tilted from the sun.

• The northern Hemisphere has the fewest hours of daylight, and the Earth's axis does not tilt at this position

• There are an equal number of hours od daylight and nighttime in the northern hemisphere because Earth's axis is not tilted in this position

• The northern Hemisphere has the fewest hours of daylight, and the North Pole is tilted away from the sun

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Which of these changes would likely occur if the rate of Earth's rotation on its axis increased

• The length of the seasons would be shorter

• The length of the seasons would be longer

• The length of a day would be shorter

• The length of a day would be longer

The model shows Earth in several positions relative to the sun. In which position is it winter in North America?

• Position 1, because North America receives the most direct sun

• Position 2, because North America is tilted towards the sun

• Position 3, because North America is parallel to the sun

• Position 4, because North America is tilted away from the sun

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A student wants to use a spinning basketball to model the day and night cycle on Earth. What should the student do in order to best model the cause of the day and night cycle?

• Spin the ball in different directions

• Tilt the ball while it is spinning

• Paint one half of the ball black and the other white

• Shine a bright light on one side of the ball

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In the summer many people enjoy going to the beach. The photograph shows a beach in Argentina, which is located in the Southern Hemisphere

• A

• B

• C

• D

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A Student draws the model shown below. Which of yjese best compares the conditions at location X and location Y

• It is day at location X and night at location Y

• It is winter at location X and Summer at location Y

• There are more hours of daylight at location X than location Y

• The moon is brighter when view from location X than when view from location Y

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The diagram below shows four positions in Earth's orbit around the sun. The northern Hemisphere experiences the beginning of spring when Earth is in

• Position 1

• Position 2

• Position 3

• Position 4

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Which of these locations on Earth experiences the least change in the number of daylight hours throughout the year?

• Equator

• North Pole

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

Earth would not have seasons if it

• no longer tilted on its axis

• stopped rotating on its axis

• took an additional month to orbit the sun

• Revolved around the sun in the opposite direction

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