Length of Day & Seasons

Multiple Choice

What causes day and night?

• The tilt of Earth's axis

• The rotation of Earth on its axis

• Earth going around the Sun

• Earth going around the Moon

Multiple Choice

When you are getting up to go to school in Texas, a student on the other side of Earth is getting ready for bed. What is the reason for this?

• Earth revolves around the Sun

• Earth rotates on its axis

• The Sun rotates on its axis

• The Moon revolves around Earth

Multiple Choice

Which of these is caused by the rotation of the Earth?

• Tides

• Day & Night

• Spring & Fall

• Rainfall

Fill in the Blank

It takes Earth __ hours to spin around on its axis one time (rotate).

Multiple Choice

Which of these changes would likely occur if the rate of Earth's rotation on its axis increased?

• The length of the seasons would be shorter

• The length of the seasons would be longer

• The length of a day would be shorter

• The length of a day would be longer

Multiple Choice

A student wants to use a spinning basketball to model the day-and-night cycle on Earth. What should the student do in order to best model the cuase of the day-and-night cycle?

• Spin the ball in different directions

• Tilt the ball while it is spinning

• Paint on half of the ball black and the other half white

• Shine a bright light on one side of the ball

Multiple Choice

Earth's seasons are caused by the planet's -

• tilt on its axis

• distance from the Sun

• speed of rotation on its axis

• speed of a revolution around the Sun

Multiple Choice

The seasons of the year on Earth are determined by the -

• speed of the Earth's revolution

• speed of the Earth's rotation

• shape of the Earth's orbit relative to the sun

• tilt of the Earth's axis relative to the sun

Fill in the Blank

The Earth takes ___ days to complete one revolution around the Sun.

Multiple Choice

The picture to the left shows the Earth tilted on its axis. The tilt of Earth's axis helps to create which of the following?

• day and night

• changing seasons

• revolution of Earth

• phases of the Moon

Multiple Choice

Summer is warmer than other seasons in the Northern Hemisphere because -

• Earth is closer to the Sun

• rays of sunlight are more direct

• the Moon blocks fewer of the Sun's warming rays

• more wind tends to come from warm areas near the equator

Multiple Choice

The Earth is tilted 23.5 degrees on its axis. The direction of the Earth's tilt does not change throughout its orbit. At which position of Earth is it summer in the Northern hemisphere?

• Position W

• Position X

• Position Y

• Position Z

Multiple Choice

Which two cities have summer at about the same time of year?

• Sydney and Tokyo

• Tokyo and Buenos Aires

• Buenos Aires and Sydney

• New York and Buenos Aires

Multiple Choice

The diagram to the left represents the relationship among Earth, the sun, and the moon. According to the diagram, the rays from the sun are striking the Northern Hemisphere. What season does this represent in the Northern Hemisphere?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

Multiple Choice

In Texas, there are fewer hours of daylight in the winter than in the summer. Which statement best explains why this difference occurs?

• The Sun burns hotter in the summer

• The Sun moves below the horizon in the summer

• The Northern Hemisphere is closer to the Sun in the winter

• The Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun in the winter

Hotspot

Where would the number of daylight hours each day be the greatest in the Northern hemisphere?

Hotspot

Where would the number of daylight hours each day be the least in the Northern hemisphere?

Multiple Choice

The length of daylight changes as the seasons change during the year. What causes these changes in daylight?

• Earth's tilt on its axis

• the Sun's tilt on its axis

• Earth spinning on its axis

• the Sun spinning on its axis

Multiple Choice

Based on this diagram, which season is occurring in the Southern hemisphere on Earth?

• Winter

• Summer

• Spring

• Fall

Multiple Choice

Earth's distance from the sun changes as it orbits the sun.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Earth's axis tilts in a different direction as Earth orbits the sun.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Earth's axis tilts different parts of Earth toward or away from the sun at different points in Earth's orbit.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Earth's orbit around the sun brings different parts of Earth around to face warmer or cooler parts of the sun.

• TRUE

• FALSE