Seasons and Why They Occur

What is the movement of one object around another (365 days)?

• Revolution
• Atmosphere
• Winter
• Spinners

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How does Earth’s tilt on it’s axis cause seasons?

• It doesn’t.

• Earth’s tilt causes seasons because when Earth is tilted on its axis toward the Sun, there is summer, and when it is tilted away from the Sun, it is winter.

• Earth is not tilted.

• Earth’s tilt causes seasons because when Earth is tilted on its axis toward the Sun, there is winter, and when it is tilted away from the Sun, it is summer.

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What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

• It is summer.
• It is spring.
• It is winter.
• It is fall.

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What season is it in the Southern Hemisphere when it is fall in the Northern Hemisphere?

• winter
• spring
• summer
• fall

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Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 2?

• Winter
• Spring
• Summer
• Fall

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5. Sometimes Earth tilts toward the Sun and sometimes Earth tilts away from the Sun. In which season does Earth tilt toward the Sun?

• summer

• winter

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6. During which season does Earth tilt away from the Sun?

• summer

• winter

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12. What happens in the Southern Hemisphere when the Northern Hemisphere is having Winter?

• winter

• summer

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In winter, the axis of the earth is pointed away or toward the sun?

• towards
• up
• down
• away

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In summer, the axis of the earth is pointed away or toward the sun?

• towards
• up
• down
• away

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