Seasons - Sept. 16th

Pick the best comparison: Earth rotates like a

• football spiral.

• basketball on a finger.

• spinning top.

• None of these.

The Earth spins:

• on a slight tilt.

• straight up and down.

• back and forth.

• in any random direction.

Earth tilts __________ all year long as we orbit the Sun.

• in varied angles

• from left to right

• in the same direction

• towards the Moon

The Sun's light shines ______ on Earth at _____ times.

• the same, different

• differently, the same

• the same, the same

• differently, different

During Winter, the ______ tips _____ the Sun.

• N. Pole, toward

• N. Pole, away

• S. Pole, away

• All of the above

During Winter, the Sun's rays strike the Earth at a _____ angle for a _____ period of time.

• shallow, long

• deep, long

• shallow, short

• deep, short

During Spring, the Earth is tilted:

• neither toward nor away from Sun.

• further away from the Sun than in Winter.

• closer to the Sun than in Winter.

• towards the gravitational pull of the Moon.

During Summer, sunlight strikes the _____ more directly.

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

• Equator

• S. Pole

During Summer, the Sun:

• stays in the sky much shorter.

• gets hotter, making Earth hotter.

• gets colder, causing a reverse effect on Earth.

• stays in the sky much longer.

Since plants depend on _____, they respond to _____ in the seasons.

• moonlight, no change

• sunlight, no change

• sunlight, changes

• moonlight, changes