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Why do we experience the changing of the season on the earth

• distance from the sun

• change in solar output

• rotation of the earth

• tilt of the earth's axis

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What does the rotation of the earth cause us to experience?

• Seasons

• day and night

• year

• eclipse

How long does it take the earth to revolve once around the sun?

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• 365.25 days

• 30 days

What season is when the north pole is tilted toward the sun?

• Monsoon

• Winter

• Summer

• Autumn

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The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees off center

• 30.7

• 23.5

• 100

• 360

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What effect does the tilt of the earth have?

• It changes the angle that the sun strikes the earth in different land areas

• It causes the earth to be farther away from the sun at different times of the year

• When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have night

• When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have day

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What would seasons be like if Earth's axis were straight up and down and not tilted?

• Seasons would be the same.

• There would be no seasons.

• Seasons would be more extreme.

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Why is summer warmer than winter?

• The hemisphere experiencing summer is tilted more directly toward the sun

• The sun radiates more energy during the summer

• During summer, the entire planet is closer to the sum

• The earth spins slower on its axis during the summer

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_______ means to spin on its axis

• Revolve

• Rotate

• Orbit

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_______ is the movement of an object around another object.

• Revolve

• Rotate

• Orbit

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