Seasons

Why is the Equator warmest?

• Because it is closest to the sun.

• Because it receives the most direct sunlight

• Because no clouds form here.

• Because it is far from the sun

One rotation of Earth is equal to _____

• a year

• a day

What is the term used to describe the motion of the Earth around the Sun?

• Resolution

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Round

The path Earth follows revolving around the Sun is called ________

• Orbit

• Axis

• Equator

• Prime meridian

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

• It is winter

• It is summer

• It is spring

• It is fall

What effect does the tilt of the earth have?

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

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

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

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

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

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

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

• Seasons

• Day and night

• Year

• Summer

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

• The northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun

• The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun

• The southern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun

• The southern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun

What does it take the Earth one year to complete?

• tilting its axis north or south

• a revolution around the sun

• receiving energy from the sun

• a rotation around its axis