Seasons of the Earth Lesson Exam

What happens during the summer solstice?

• Days begin to be shorter

• It is the longest day of the year.

• Days and nights are equal

• It is the shortest day of the year

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What is a solar year?

• The amount of days it takes for Earth to complete one trip around the sun.

• How long the sun is out each day.

• Another name for the 4 seasons.

• Another name for the summer solstice.

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What causes winter in the northern hemisphere?

• The northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun.

• The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun.

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What happens at the autumnal equinox?

• Spring ends.

• winter begins

• Day and night are equal

• Earth's orbit speeds up

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What day does spring end?

• The first day of summer (summer solstice)

• The first day of winter (winter solstice)

• The first day of autumn (autumnal equinox)

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The temperature at the _________ stays about the same temperature all year because it receives the same amount of direct sunlight.

What happens on the vernal equinox? (First day of spring)

• Day and night are equal length

• The south pole gets 24 hours of daylight.

• The north pole is tilted toward the sun.

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What is the most important factor that causes the changing of the seasons?

• angle of the sunlight striking Earth

• increases and decreases in the speed of Earth's orbit

• Earth's distance from the sun

• increases and decreases in daytime temperature.

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What feature of Earth makes seasons come and go as Earth makes its way around the sun?

• Changes in temperature throughout the year

• Earth's tilt on its axis

• the summer solstice

• Earth's distance from the sun at various times in its orbit

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How did you feel you did with science lessons about the seasons?

• Excellent!

• Pretty Good

• It was okay

• It was hard :(

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