Earth, Moon, and Stars

​4.9A Sun and Its Effects

By Roxana Velasquez

Fill in the Blanks

The four natural divisions of the year are called

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Open Ended

Describe how the Earth's tilt and orbit cause the four seasons.

Multiple Select

Which of the following are characteristics of temperature?

• It measures how hot or cold something is

• It is affected by the amount of sunlight

• It is a natural satellite that orbits a planet

• It can change with the seasons

Multiple Choice

Which planet is the third from the Sun and the only one in the solar system where life exists?

• Earth

• Mars

• Venus

• Jupiter

Open Ended

How does the Moon's revolution around Earth affect its appearance from our perspective?

Poll

What causes the seasons on Earth?

• How close the earth is to the sun

• The earth is tilted

• The sun goes around the earth and it causes the seasons.

• The oceans causes the seasons on the earth

Multiple Choice

What is the Earth's axis?

• an imaginary pole that passes through the center of the Earth

• the path that the Earth travels around the sun

• the object that hit young Earth travels around the sun

• the distance between the Earth and the sun

Multiple Choice

The earth has seasons at different times of the year on different parts of the Earth. What causes the seasons?

• the shape of the Earth

• the oval-shaped orbit of the Earth

• the tilt of the Earth

• the distance between the Earth and sun

Multiple Choice

The spinning movement of the Earth on its axis is called ______

• revolution

• rotation

• orbit

Multiple Choice

The movement of the Earth around the Sun is called _____

• revolution

• rotation