Weather and Seasons Summative

What do you call the imaginary line round which the earth rotates and is tilted 23.5 degrees?

• orbit
• axis
• hemisphere
• equator

What is the best description of "rotation"?

• earth spins on its axis; one rotation takes one day
• earth spins on its axis; one rotation takes one year
• earth travels around the sun; one rotation takes one day
• earth travels around the sun; one rotation takes one year

The PATH or TRAIL Earth takes around the sun is known as what?

• rotation
• revolution
• orbit
• solstice

Earth's movement around the sun is known as what?

• rotation
• revolution
• orbit
• equinox

The beginning of fall is a seasonal event and every place in the world gets approximately 12 hours of sunlight and 12 hours of darkness.  This event is known as what?

• summer solstice
• autumn solstice
• summer equinox
• autumn equinox

Solstices are times of the year when what happens?

• the amount of sunlight and darkness is exactly equal - 12 hours of each
• the amount of sunlight is either the greatest or the least
• the sun's rays are of medium strength - not completely direct but not totally angled
• solstices have nothing to do with sunlight

The primary reason for the changing seasons is what?

• the rotation of the Earth
• the revolution of Earth around the sun
• the distance that Earth is from the sun in the orbit
• the tilt of Earth's axis at 23.5 degrees

The dotted line in this picture represents what?

• the Earth's axis, dividing the Earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres
• the Earth's axis dividing the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres
• the Earth's equator, dividing the Earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres
• the Earth's equator, dividing the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres

If we were able to remove the tilt of Earth, so that it was at 0 degrees, what would happen?

• Earth would stop spinning
• Seasons would become much more noticeable
• There would be no seasons
• Nothing, everything would be the same

If these shapes represent the light from the sun as it hits Earth, which one would have the most direct sunlight?

• A
• B
• C
• They would all receive equal amounts of sunlight