Earth's Solstice & Equinox ~ Seasons

What are the 2 different motions the Earth makes?

• axis and orbit

• rotation and revolution

• season and constellation

• motion and circumpolar star

What produces 24 hours (1 day) and day & night

• Earth's Rotation

• Earth's Revolution

• Earth's Orbit

• Earth's Pattern

What produces 1 year (365 days) and the seasons

• Earth's Rotation

• Earth's Revolution

• Earth's Orbit

• Earth's Pattern

Earth tilts on it's Axis at

• 56 degrees

• 12 degrees

• 54 degrees

• 23.5 degrees

Which Solstice is the SHOREST day of the year

• Winter Solstice December 21st

• Winter Solstice

  December 3rd

• Summer Solstice June 21

• Summer Solstice

  July 4th

Which Solstice is the LONGEST day of the year

• Winter Solstice December 21th

• Winter Solstice

  December 4th

• Summer Solstice

  June 21st

• Summer Solstice June 4th

When is the Autumn (Fall) Equinox

• September 22nd

• March 20th

• September 2

• March 3rd

When is the Spring Equinox

• September 22nd

• March 20th

• September 3rd

• April 1st

Circumpolar Star

• a limitation

• a natural object

• a star that is always above the horizon when viewed from a given latitude

• the plane in which an object's orbit lies

Which hemisphere is the Polaris Star located

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere