In what season are the days in Bremen long and the sun high in the sky?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

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Why do we have seasons?

• Heat from ocean breezes

• the warmth of space

• the distance from the Sun

• the tilt of Earth’s axis

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What is the name of the star that the Earth’s axis always points to?

• Alpha Centauri

• Barnard's Star

• Sirius

• North Star

Look at the picture.

If D shows the shortest day of the year, which letter shows winter in North America?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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On Earth, which way is the hemisphere experiencing winter tilted?

• Toward the sun

• Away from the sun

• toward the moon

• Away from the moon

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In what month is the Earth’s closest to the sun?

• June

• February

• October

• January

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This occurs in December and marks the beginning of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. This is also the shortest day of the year.

• Summer solstice

• Winter solstice

• Autumnal equinox

• Winter equinox

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an imaginary line that divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres; located halfway between the North and South Poles

• Equator

• Latitude

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Axis

What is made during the photosynthesis process?

• water and oxygen

• carbon dioxide and glucose

• glucose and oxygen

• carbon dioxide, water and soil

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Biotic factors of an ecosystem might include which of the following?

• animals, plants, fungi, water, and bacteria

• water, carbon dioxide, rocks, and oxygen.

• animals, plants, water, rocks, and oxygen.

• animals, plants, fungi, protists, and bacteria.

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