Cause of the Seasons

What Seasons is position D?

• Northern Hemisphere (Summer)/ Southern Hemisphere (Winter)

• Northern Hemisphere (Fall)/ Southern Hemisphere (Spring)

• Northern Hemisphere (Spring)/ Southern Hemisphere (Fall)

• Northern Hemisphere (Winter)/ Southern Hemisphere (Summer)

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What happens during the Summer Solstice?

• Most direct sunlight

• Least direct sunlight

• Moderate sunlight

• temperate sunlight

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What happens during the Winter Solstice?

• shortest day

• longest day

• easy day

• slow day

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What happens during the Autumnal/Vernal Equinoxes?

• Equal day and Night

• Longer Days, shorter nights

• Shorter Days, longer nights

• Indirect sunlight

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There would be no seasons if there was no ____________.

• tilt

• rotation

• moon

• Saturn

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Which part of the Earth is receiving the most direct Sunlight?

• Northern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Polar Hemisphere

• MidAtlantic Hemisphere

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Which part of the Earth is receiving the the least direct Sunlight?

• Northern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Polar Hemisphere

• MidAtlantic Hemisphere

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What does the earth's tilt cause?

• The seasons

• Day and Night

• Tsunamis

• Earthquakes

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

• Approximately 25 degrees

• Exactly 25 degrees

• 23.5 degrees

• 90 degrees with respect to the sun

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What would happen if Earth's axis was straight up and down instead of tilted?

• Life on Earth would not be possible

• There would be no night or day

• There would be no seasons

• Earth would be covered with ice

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