Seasons Daylight Hours

What are the reasons for the season?

• Earth's tilt & rotation

• Earth's tilt & revolution

• Earth's rotation & rovolution

• Earth's tilt & resolution

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Which season have the same amount of daylight hours?

• Spring & Fall

• Winter & Summer

• None of the seasons have equal daylight hours

• All are equal

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

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

• Spring

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

• towards

• up

• down

• away

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Which of these 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 night at location Y.

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

• The moon is brighter when viewed from location X than when viewed from location Y.

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Regions of Earth experience seasons at different times.

At which position in the orbit of Earth would City X have summer?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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The length of day in the Northern Hemisphere is shortest when the North Pole is tilting away from the Sun.

During which month of the year does this occur?

• April

• December

• June

• September

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

• It is summer.

• It is spring.

• It is winter.

• It is fall.

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