Seasons

Front

What describes the tilt of the earth when it is summer in the southern hemisphere?

Back

The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun

Front

The Arctic Circle receives several days each year where the sun is not seen.

Back

True

Front

The earth is a tilted planet. What is the degree of tilt? Options: Approximately 25 degrees, Exactly 25 degrees, 23.5 degrees, 90 degrees with respect to the sun

Back

23.5 degrees

Front

Which of the following best describes equinoxes? Options: The earth is tilted neither toward or away from the sun, 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

Back

The earth is tilted neither toward or away from the sun

Front

What is the tilt of the earth during the spring and fall equinoxes?

Back

The earth is tilted neither toward or away from the sun (tilt is side to side)

Front

Which of the following best describes solstice? Options: Either the longest or shortest day of the year for a hemisphere, December 21 or 22, June 21 or 22, All of the above

Back

All of the above

Front

What does the earth's tilt cause?

Back

The seasons

Front

What is the shape of the earth's orbit around the sun?

Back

Elliptical (slightly oval)

Front

Each day past the summer solstice, the days get longer and longer until the fall equinox.

Back

False

Front

What effect does the tilt of the earth have?

Back

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