Earth's Time and Seasons

An imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole.

• axis

• meridian

• time zone

• rotation

The spinning of a planet on it's axis.

• rotation

• revolution

The time it takes for Earth to complete a full rotation.

• day

• month

• year

• season

The Earth rotates counter-clockwise which makes the sun appear to cross the sky ________________.

• east to west

• west to east

• north to south

• south to north

1 Earth rotation is equal to _____________.

• 24 days

• 24 hours

• 365.25 days

• 1 season

The motion of a body that travels around another body.

• revolution

• rotation

• day

• season

Time it takes for Earth to complete 1 full revolution.

• 365 days

• 365.25 days

• 24 hours

• 24 minutes

Patterns of temperature and other weather trends.

• temperature

• seasons

• days

• years

Near the equator temperatures are...

• almost the same year-round.

• constantly changing/adjusting depending on the time of year.

• either really, really hot or really, really cold.

We experience seasons due to...

• Earth's tilt and rotation

• Earth's rotation and revolution

• Earth's tilt and revolution

• None of the above