6.9A Earth's Seasons

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What is the longest day of the Northern Hemisphere indicating its tilt towards the sun?

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June 21

Front

What is the term for a deformed or oval-shaped circle that planets orbit around the Sun?

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Elliptical orbit

Front

What place on Earth is mostly warm and consistently gets direct sunlight?

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Equator

Front

What does Earth's rotation on its axis every twenty-four hours cause?

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Day and night

Front

At point #2, which hemisphere is experiencing summer because the Earth is tilted towards the Sun?

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Northern Hemisphere

Front

What is the term for the position of the Earth in relation to the Sun that causes seasons?

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Tilt of the Earth's axis

Front

What is the phenomenon called when day and night are of equal length?

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Equinox

Front

What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

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Equator

Front

What is the effect of the Earth's tilt on the seasons?

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It causes different areas to receive varying amounts of sunlight throughout the year.

Front

What is the term for the path that the Earth takes around the Sun?

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Revolution