Bell ringer 4/22-4/23: Earth in Space Review

When the Northern Hemisphere of Earth is Leaning away from the Sun, What season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing?

• Summer
• Winter
• Spring
• Fall

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The term equinox means....

• equal amount of day light and equal amount of night
• Equal amount of winter and summer
• Equal amounts of hot dogs for everyone
• The longest day of the year

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As the Earth travels around the Sun, it creates a pattern that makes _____

• the months
• the years
• the seasons
• day and night

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What looks to be the motion of the Sun in the sky is really caused by the motion of _____

• the Earth
• the stars
• the planets
• the Earth's axis

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The spinning movement of the Earth about its axis is called the Earth's _____

• revolution
• rotation
• precession
• orbit

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How many days are in a calendar year?

• 362.1

• 356 1/5

• 635

• 365 1/4

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When the North end of Earth's axis is tilted toward the sun, ___.

• it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere
• the sun is farthest south of the equator
• the sun is low in the sky in the Northern Hemisphere
• it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere

What is the definition of Orbit?

• The daily rise and fall of Earth’s waters on its coastlines

• The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space

• An object that revolves around another object in space

• The darkest part of a shadow

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A system of organizing time that defines the beginning, length, and divisions of the year.

• Solostice

• Equinox

• Calendar

• Chinese New Year

What causes seasons?

• The equator

• Solstices

• The axis

• The revolution around the sun

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