Seasons Quiz

When do people in Denver have their longest day (most hours of sunlight)?

• March

• June

• September

• July

When do people in Denver have their shortest day (least amount of sunlight)?

• March

• June

• January

• December

At the beginning of which seasons is there equal amount of daylight and darkness?

• Summer and Winter

• Spring and Summer

• Spring and Fall

• Fall and Winter

Why are there seasons? (Check all that apply.)

• Distance between Earth and Sun is changing

• The Earth is rotating.

• The Earth is revolving.

• The Earth is tilted at a 23.5 degree angle.

What are solstices?

• The longest and shortest "days".

• The days that have equal amounts of sun and darkness.

During an equinox, the Sun's direct rays are at the...

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Equator

• North and South Poles

Around December 21, the Sun's direct rays are at the...

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

• South Pole

• Tropic of Capricorn

Around June 21, the Sun's direct rays are at the...

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

• South Pole

• Tropic of Capricorn

True or False: The larger the area covered by a beam of light, the more intense the sunlight.

• True

• False

During colder seasons such as winter, the Sun's rays hit Earth _____________.

• indirectly

• directly

• more frequently

• with more intensity