Earth Motion

The term equinox means....

• equal amount of day light and equal amount of night

• Equal amount of winter and summer

• Equal amounts of hot dogs for everyone

• The longest day of the year

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Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 1?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

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What season is letter A?

• Winter

• Summer

• Spring

• Fall

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What is letter B's Equinox date?

• June 21

• December 21

• March 21

• September 21

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How many weeks in a revolution?

• 67

• 52

• 32

• 77

Why do we experience the changing of the season on the earth?

• distance from the sun

• rotation of the earth

• change in solar output

• tilt of the earth's axix

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Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 3?

• 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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Mason is learning about Earth's rotation in his science class. He discovers that Earth’s rotational axis is always tilted in the same direction. For half of the year, the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun and the other half of the year the southern hemisphere is slanted toward the Sun.

• True

• False

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During a science class, Olivia asked her teacher what the yearly orbit of Earth around the Sun is called. The teacher replied that it is called its ____.

• revolution

• rotation

• translation

• precession

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