Review of Rotation, Revolution, Seasons, Solstices, and Equinoxes

The solstices occur

• in summer and winter

• in fall and spring

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The equinoxes occur

• in summer and winter

• in spring and fall

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On the equinonoxes

• earth has the same amount of daylight everywhere

• has the shortest amount of daylight

• has the longest amount of daylight

• has equal temperatures everywhere on earth

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At the North Pole the most sunlight, almost 24 hours, will be on

• March 21

• June 21

• September 21

• December 21

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What is happening to the length of daylight hours after the Winter Solstice?

• They are decreasing

• They are increasing

• They stay the same

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What do we call the date (twice a year) when the sun crosses the equator?

• Solstice

• Equinox

• Summer

• Winter

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The two days a year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator is knows as the _____

• Solstices

• Equinoxes

• Summer

• Winter

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23.5 degrees North - the Sun is directly overhead on the Northern Hemispheres Summer Solstice

• Arctic Circle

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Antarctic Circle

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23.5 degrees South - the Sun is directly overhead on the Northern Hemispheres Winter Solstice

• Arctic Circle

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Antarctic Circle

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Movement of the Earth around the sun is known as _____

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Solstice

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