Earth-Sun Quiz

The tilt of the Earth affects...

• Equator/daylight

• temperature and the Equator

• day/night AND temperature

• Prime Meridian and darkness

The solstice is when __________________ and ___________________________ seasons begin.

• summer & spring

• summer & winter

• summer & fall

• spring & fall

The equinox is when the ____________ and __________ seasons begin.

• summer & spring

• fall & summer

• summer & winter

• spring & fall

If it is summer in the Northern hemisphere then it is ________________ in the Southern Hemisphere.

• winter

• summer

• spring

• fall

If it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere then it is ____________________ in the Southern Hemisphere

• winter

• summer

• spring

• fall

The United States is in which hemisphere?

• Northern

• Southern

What season are we in right now?

• summer

• spring

• winter

• fall

STARTING with #2 (picture number 2): which is the correct order of seasons?

• 2-sping, 3-summer, 4-fall, 1-winter

• 2-winter, 3-spring, 4-summer, 1-fall

• 2-summer, 3-fall, 4-winter, 1-spring

• 2-fall, 3-winter, 4-spring, 1-summer

The Earth ______________ around the sun. It takes 1 year for the Earth to complete 1 ___________________ around the sun.

• tilts; spins

• rotates; rotation

• revolves; revolution

• climate; weather

The earth _________ on its axis, an imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to South Pole through the center of the earth. It takes 1 day to complete a _________________ (24 hours).

• latitude; longitude

• rotates; rotation

• revolves; revolution

• climate; weather