Seasons

The four divisions of the year based on changes in temperature due to the varied amounts of sunlight.

• hemisphere

• indirect

• seasons

• direct

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A term used to describe light that moves in a straight line.

• hemisphere

• indirect

• seasons

• direct

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Half of a sphere; Earth can be divided into northern and southern or eastern and western

• hemisphere

• indirect

• seasons

• direct

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A term used to describe light that is angled or spread out.

• hemisphere

• indirect

• seasons

• direct

If Earth did not have a tilted axis, what would happen?

• The Earth would no longer orbit the Sun.

• Earth would have no seasons.

• Earth would orbit the sun more quickly.

• Nothing would change, Earth would still experience the four seasons.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

During which two seasons is the Sun's path in the sky about equal?

• Spring and Autumn

• Summer and Winter

• Summer and Autumn

• Winter and Spring

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which season is the warmest?

• winter

• autumn

• spring

• summer

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which season is the coldest?

• winter

• autumn

• spring

• summer

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

During which season does a location receive direct sunlight?

• winter

• autumn

• spring

• summer

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Georgia is in the northern hemisphere. If the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun. What season is it?

• winter

• autumn

• spring

• summer

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1