Sun, Moon, and Earth Test Review

Summer and Winter are not affected by changes in Earth's distance from the sun

• True

• False

• Maybe

• I don't know

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When it is Summer in the Northern Hemisphere it is ___________ in the Southern Hemisphere

• winter

• spring

• summer

• fall

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-Energy from the sun is spread out over a greater area, causes these areas to have lower temperatures

• The Poles

• The Equation

• The Northern Hemisphere

• The Southern Hemisphere

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When the north end of Earth's axis is tilted toward the sun, the Northern Hemisphere has ________________.

• Summer

• Winter

• Spring

• Fall

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The movement of one object around the other (Earth travels around the sun) is called _________________

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Spinning

• Moon Phases

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Occurs half way between the solstices, when neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun (two days a year)

• Equinox

• Solstice

• Summer

• Winter

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One half of the sphere that makes up Earth's surface

• hemisphere

• equator

• poles

• axis

Caused by the Earth's tilt on its axis as it moves (revolves) around the sun

• Seasons

• Moon Phases

• Revolution

• Rotation

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The spinning of the Earth on its axis is called _______________

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Moon Phases

• Seasons

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Sunlight hits this area more directly because the Earth is tilted on its axis

• equator

• poles

• northern hemisphere

• southern hemisphere

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