Days and seasons

What is the spinning of a body, such as a planet, on its axis?

• Revolution

• Axis

• Rotation

• Day

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What is the time it takes a planet to complete one full rotation on its axis?

• Rotation

• Year

• Revolution

• Day

What is the time it takes Earth to complete a full revolution around the sun?

• Year

• Day

• Month

• 28 days

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What is the pattern of temperature and other weather trends?

• Weather

• Temperature

• Seasons

• Sessions

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What is it called when the sunlight shines equally on the Southern and Northern Hemispheres?

• Solstice

• Day

• Year

• Equinox

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About how many days are in an Earth year?

• 356

• 365^1/4

• 311

• 360

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How many hours are in an Earth day?

• 12

• 24

• 36

• 48

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When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere it is ____________ in the Southern Hemisphere?

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

• Spring

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Earth's temperature and hours of daylight stay the most constant at the ____________.

• Poles

• Northern Hemisphere

• Equator

• Southern Hemisphere

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In what month does winter begin in the Northern Hemisphere?

• October

• November

• December

• January

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