What Causes Seasons

The northern and southern halves of the Earth are called

• axes

• orbits

• equators

• hemispheres

If the Southern Hemisphere is getting indirect sunlight, what kind of light is the Northern Hemisphere receiving?

• polar night

• midnight

• indirect

• direct

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Which of the following causes seasonal change?

• the angle of the sun's rays

• the tilt of earth's axis

• earth's orbit around the sun

• earth's distance from the sun

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Earth’s axis is an imaginary line that

• runs from pole to pole

• run's around the Earth's middle

• traces the Earth's path around the sun

• measures the distance from the Sun to the Earth

In the ________, the Northern Hemisphere receives direct sunlight.

• fall

• winter

• spring

• summer

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True or False: Winter is cold because the Earth is farther away from the sun.

• true

• false

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There isn’t any seasonal change at the equator because it

• always receives direct sunlight.

• always receives indirect sunlight.

• receives direct sunlight for part of the year.

• receives indirect sunlight for part of the year.

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If the Southern Hemisphere is experiencing colder temperatures and shorter days, it is receiving

• polar sunlight

• direct sunlight

• indirect sunlight

• transitional sunlight

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At the North and South Poles, the seasons

• change drastically because the sun doesn’t set in the summer and doesn’t rise in the winter.

• don’t change much because the poles always receive direct sunlight.

• never change because it’s always winter at the poles.

• change regularly but without drastic highs and lows.

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Talking about “direct” and “indirect” sunlight is a way of describing

• the heat of the sun.

• the angle of the sun’s rays.

• the Earth’s distance from the sun.

• the changing tilt of the Earth’s axis.

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