Earth's Seasons

It takes the Earth 24 hours to go through this cycle.

• rotation
• revolution

It takes the Earth a full year to undergo this cycle.

• rotation
• revolution

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What causes day and night?

• rotation
• revolution
• Earth's tilt
• seasons

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What causes seasons?

• rotation
• revolution
• Earth's tilt
• seasons

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The Earth's ___________ causes the sun appear in different areas at different times.

• rotation
• revolution

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A real or imaginary line on which something rotates

• equator
• equinox
• solstice
• axis

The Earth __________ around the sun.

• rotates
• revolves
• spins

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The sun rises in the east and sets in the west is an example of ________________.

• rotation
• revolution

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What is a solstice?

• The longest or shortest day of the year
• The days of the year that have equal sunlight and darkness

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When is the summer solstice?

• December 21

• June 23

• June 21

• October 10

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