6th Grade Utah Science Seasons

____ comes before Winter in the Southern hemisphere. 

• summer
• spring
• fall

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Australia is in the ____ hemisphere. 

• northern
• southern

Longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere

• Autumnal Equinox
• Summer Solstice 
• Winter Solstice
• Vernal Equinox

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Shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere

• Autumnal Equinox
• Summer Solstice 
• Winter Solstice
• Vernal Equinox

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Which of the following best describes the tilt of the earth when it is summer in the southern hemisphere?

• The northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun
• The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun
• The norther hemisphere is tilted neither toward or away from the sun
• Why are you talking about the northern hemisphere when you asked about the southern hemisphere?

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The Arctic Circle receives several days each year where the sun not seeing.

• True
• False

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The earth is a tilted planet.  What is the degree of tilt?

• Approximately 25 degrees
• Exactly 25 degrees
• 23.5 degrees
• 90 degrees with respect to the sun

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Which of the following best describes equinoxes?

• The earth is tilted neither toward or away from the sun
• The norther hemisphere is tilted toward the sun
• The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun
• The southern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun

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Which  of the following best describes the tilt of the earth during the spring and fall equinoxes?

• The earth is tilted away from the sun (Northern hemisphere)
• The earth is tilted neither toward or away from the sun (tilt is side to side)
• The earth is tilted toward the sun (Northern hemisphere)
• The earth is not tilted during spring and fall

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Which of the following best describes solstice.

• Either the longest or shortest day of the year for a hemisphere
• December 21 or 22
• June 21 or 22
• All of the above

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