Earth's Days, Years, and Seasons

A year is about 365 days long.

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When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is summer all around the world.

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Each planet spins on its _.

• top

• axis

Earth's _ is an imaginary straight line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole.

• equator

• axle

• axis

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The spinning of a body, such as a planet, on its axis is called _.

• rotation

• revolution

• motion

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The motion of a body that travels around another body in space is called _.

• rotation

• revolution

• orbiting

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Each _ is characterized by a pattern of temperature and other weather trends.

• day

• equinox

• solstice

• season

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Both the tilt of Earth's axis and Earth's spherical shape play a role in Earth's changing seasons.

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At a(n) _, sunlight shines equally on the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

• solstice

• season

• equinox

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At a(n) _, the area of sunlight is at a maximum in one hemisphere and at a minimum in the other hemisphere.

• equinox

• solstice

• revolution

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