Flocabulary Climate

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 sun

• direct sunlight

• indirect sunlight

Which of the following causes seasonal change?

• angle of the rays.

• tilt of the axis.

• orbit around the sun.

• all of these.

Earth’s axis is an imaginary line that______________

• runs from pole to pole

• runs around 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

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

• True

• False

There isn’t any seasonal change at the equator because it____________.

• always gets direct sunlight.

• always gets indirect sunlight.

• gets direct sunlight for part of the year.

• gets indirect sunlight for part of the year

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

• polar sunlight.

• transitional sunlight.

• indirect sunlight.

• direct sunlight.

At the North and South Poles, the seasons_______________

• change drastically because the sun never rises in the winter and never sets in the summer.

• don't change much because the poles always get direct sunlight.

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

• change regularly, but without drastic highs and lows.

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

• the heat of the sun.

• the angle of the rays.

• Earth's distance from the sun.

• the changing tilt of Earth's axis.