Crash Course Kids Seasons and the Sun

What two things cause the seasons on the Earth?

• The tilt of the Earth's axis and the Earth's orbit around the sun

• The equator and the poles

• The northern and southern hemispheres

• The moon and the oceans

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Hemisphere means

• half of the earth

• half of the oceans

• half of the sun

• half of a basketball

In June the Northern Hemisphere is

• tilted towards the sun

• tilted away from the sun

• is not tilted toward or away.

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When direct sunlight is hitting the Earth the temperature is _____ and the days are _____

• warm and long

• cool and short

• cold and long

• warm and short

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When you get indirect light it means that light is hitting at

• an angle

• straight on

• the back of the Earth

• Only on the oceans

When the northern hemisphere is getting indirect sunlight the days are _____ and _____

• short and cool

• warm and long

• long and cool

• warm and short

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During the fall and spring the whole Earth get's the __________ of direct sunlight

• same amount

• different amounts

• no amount

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Go back and look at the graph. During June, July and August the temperatures are hotter for the Northern Hemisphere. What does that tell you about the sunlight during those months?

• the sunlight is direct

• the sunlight is indirect

• the sunlight is medium

• the sunlight is focused only on the moon

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When a hemisphere gets more sunlight that hemisphere is having what season?

• summer

• winter

• spring

• fall

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What season would be in the Northern Hemisphere if the days are cooler and the nights are longer?

• winter

• spring

• summer

• fall

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