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

What is the degree of tilt of the earth?

Back

23.5 degrees

Front

What best describes 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

What effect does the tilt of the earth have?

Back

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

Front

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

Back

spring

Front

One rotation of Earth is equal to

Back

a day.

Front

Where on Earth can you experience entire days of darkness? Options: The equator, The poles, The Tropic of Cancer, The Tropic of Capricorn

Back

The poles