Why the Earth has Seasons

Which line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Arctic Circle

• Tropic of Cancer

What is the imaginary line called that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole?

• Equator

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Axis

The equator breaks the Earth into what two hemispheres?

• Eastern and Southern
• Northern and Southern
• Western and Eastern
• Northern and Western

When one hemisphere is faces the Sun most directly, that is called a _____.

• rotation

• revolution

• tilt

• solstice

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Which three statements are true about Earth?

• Earth revolves around the Sun once per year.

• The Sun revolves around Earth once per year.

• Different parts of Earth face the Sun at different times.

• The Earth spins on its axis once per day.

• The Earth spins on its axis twice per day.

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The amount of sunlight an area gets depends on ___________.

• how far north or south the area is from the equator

• how far east or west an area is from the equator

• how large or small the area is

• how many people live in the area

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What two statements are true about the tropics?

• The tropics experience a wet and dry season.

• The tropics is near the equator.

• The tropics is mostly snowy.

• The tropics are in the upper part of the Northern Hemisphere.
  

• The tropics rarely get rain.

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Which two statements are true about a monsoon?

• A monsoon can never blow toward the sea, only away from it.

• A monsoon is a strong seasonal wind.

• A monsoon causes excessive heat.

• A monsoon has little to no effect on amounts of rain.

• A monsoon often carries heavy rain.

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What type of storm must have warm ocean water to form?

• hurricane

• tornado

• thunderstorm

• hail storm

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Which two seasons start at a solstice?

• Fall and Winter

• Spring and Summer

• Winter and Summer

• Fall and Summer

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