Earth's Tilt & Seasons

When the Northern Hemisphere of Earth is Leaning away from the Sun, What season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing?

• Summer
• Winter
• Spring
• Fall

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Why is it warmer in the summer?

• Closer to the sun
• More direct light from Earth's tilt
• Stronger light from the sun
• Earth spins slower

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The start of fall and spring is called

• The equinox

• The solstice

• A leap year

• day lights savings

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The start of summer and winter is called

• The equinox

• The solstice

• Day lights savings

• A leap year

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Which of these locations on Earth experiences the least change in the number of daylight hours throughout the year?

• Equator

• North Pole

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

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Earth would not have seasons if it

• no longer tilted on its axis

• stopped rotating on its axis

• took an additional month to orbit the sun

• revolved around the sun in the opposite direction

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A student draws the model shown here.

Which of these best compares the conditions at Location X and Location Y?

• It is day at Location X and night at Location Y.

• It is winter at Location X and summer at Location Y.

• There are more hours of daylight at Location X than at Location Y.

• The moon is brighter when viewed from Location X than when viewed from Location Y.

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The diagram shows four positions in Earth's orbit around the sun. The Northern Hemisphere experiences the beginning of spring when Earth is in ​ (a)   .

• Position 3
• Position 1
• Position 2
• Position 4
• none of these

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Which diagram models a hypothetical situation in which every location on Earth would have 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness per day?

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The diagram shows Earth in its orbit around the sun when very little light is visible at Earths South Pole. Which statement is true when Earth is in the position shown?

•  It is August in the Northern Hemisphere. It is April in the Southern Hemisphere.

• It is summer in the Northern Hemisphere. It is winter in the Southern Hemisphere.

• The number of hours of daylight is greater in the Southern Hemisphere than in the Northern Hemisphere.

• Spring begins earlier in the year in the Southern Hemisphere than it does in the Northern Hemisphere.

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