Seasons Unit 6 Slides

Poll

How confident are you about your current knowledge of seasons?

• Very Confident

  ( I remember EVERYTHING about them)

• Confident

  ( I remember MOST things about them)

• Somewhat Confident

  (I remember SOME things about them)

• Not Confident At All

  ( I remember NOTHING about them)

Multiple Choice

What are the reasons for the season?

• Earth's tilt & rotation
• Earth's tilt & revolution
• Earth's rotation & rovolution
• Earth's tilt & resolution

Multiple Choice

How is the Northern Hemisphere tilted during summer?

• Tilted toward the Sun

• Tilted away from the Sun

• Parallel to the Sun

• Not pointed towards or away from the Sun

Multiple Choice

During summer in the Northern Hemisphere, the Sun appears smaller than at any other time of the year. This is also the hottest part of the year. Use your knowledge of seasons to explain this phenomenon.

• The Earth is closest to the Sun during summer

• The Earth is farthest from the Sun during summer

• The tilt of the Earth's axis causes the Sun's rays to be more concentrated

• The tilt of the Earth's axis causes the Sun to appear smaller

Multiple Choice

If it's Fall in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?

• Summer

• Winter

• Spring

• Fall

Multiple Choice

How far apart are the summer and winter solstices?

• 12 months

• 9 months

• 6 months

• 3 months

Multiple Choice

Based on the image, what is another name for the vernal equinox (around March 20th)?

• Winter equinox

• Autumn equinox

• Summer equinox

• Spring equinox

Multiple Choice

During the Middle Ages, Europe divided the day into two parts consisting of 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night. The length of 'an hour' varied with the seasons. During which season was an hour of darkness the shortest?

• Spring

• Fall

• Summer

• Winter

Let's Try Some Test Like Questions

Multiple Choice

What should the student do in order to best model the cause of the day-and-night cycle

• Spin the ball in different directions

• Tilt the ball while it is spinning

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

• Shine a bright light on one side of the ball

Multiple Choice

Which of these best compares the conditions at location X and Y?

• It is day at location X and night at location Y

• It is winter in location X and summer in location Y

• There are more hours of daylight at location X than at location Y

• The moon is brighter when viewed from location X than when viewed from location Y

Multiple Choice

Why does autumn start at different months of the year in North America and South America?

• Earth's orbit around the sun is not a perfect circle

• North America has a larger landmass than South America

• The moon has a greater pull on South America than on North America

• Earth's axis has a 23.5 degree tilt

Multiple Choice

Which of these locations on Earth experience the least change in the number of daylight hours throughout the year?

• Equator

• North Pole

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

Multiple Choice

The Northern Hemisphere experiences the beginning of spring when the Earth is in position...

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Earth would no longer have seasons if it...

• no longer tilted on its axis

• stopped rotating on its axis

• took an additional month to orbit the sun

• revolved around the sun in the opposite direction