Seasons

What causes the seasons to change?

• The Earth is closer to the Sun sometimes and further away at others.

• The Earth Revolves around the Sun and its axis is tilted at 23.5 degrees.

• Large clouds sometimes reduce the amount of Sun that reaches Earth's surface.

• None of the above.

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What is the Earth's Axis?

• Imaginary line that wraps around the Earth like a belt.

• Imaginary line that the Earth follows as it revolves around the sun.

• Imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole that the Earth rotates around.

• None of the above.

_______ means that the Earth travels in a giant circle around the Sun. This takes 365 1/4 days to complete and marks one Earth year.

• Rotation

• Revolution

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_______ Means the Earth spins on its axis like a top or a basketball spinning on someone's finger.

• Rotation

• Revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

As mass increases, What happens to gravitational force?

• Gets weaker

• Gets stronger

• Stays the same

• None of the above.

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The tilt in the Earth's axis

• Always points towards the Sun

• Always points away from the sun

• Always points the same direction

• Changes constantly

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What causes day and night?

• Earth's rotation on its axis

• Earth's revolution around the Sun

• The Sun and Moon moving around the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Imagine that the Northern Hemisphere is pointed towards the Sun. What season is it in the Northern Hemisphere?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Imagine that the Northern Hemisphere is pointed away from the Sun. What season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

If you sit in a rolling chair and spin in place you would be...

• Rotating

• Revolving