Which will receive more intense light and heat from the Sun?

• the parts of the Earth with direct sunlight

• the parts of the Earth with indirect sunlight

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What is the imaginary line that divides the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere called?

• Line of latitude

• Line of longitude

• The equator

• The prime meridian

Looking at point A, what season would it be in the Northern Hemisphere?

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

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Looking at point C, what season would it be in the Northern Hemisphere?

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

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Imaginary line that runs through the north & south poles of earth.

• axis
• equator
• latitude
• degrees

The direction the earth rotates & revolves.

• north
• south
• clock-wise
• counter-clockwise

What is this movement?

• axis 
• equator
• rotation
• revolution

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What is the main cause of the seasons?

• earth's tilted axis

• earth's distance from the sun

• earth's elliptical orbit

• earth's rotation on its axis

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What effect does the tilt of the earth have?

• It changes the angle that the sun strikes the earth in different land areas
• It causes the earth to be farther away from the sun at different times of the year
• When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have night
• When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have day

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What would seasons be like if Earth's axis were straight up and down?

• Seasons would be the same.
• Seasons would be more extreme.
• There would be no seasons.

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