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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
This Earth movement causes day & night:
orbiting
revolving
the moon orbiting the Earth
rotating
This Earth movement, along with the tilt of the Earth on its axis, causes the seasons:
The moon revolving around the Earth.
revolving
rotating
earthquakes
When it's 8:00 a.m. in Illinois, what time is it in Florida?
9:00 a.m.
7:00 a.m.
10.00 a.m.
6:00 a.m.
What is the imaginary line that passes through the North and South Poles?
equator
international date line
time zone divisions
axis
What is the imaginary line going all the way around Earth halfway between the North and South Poles?
tropic of cancer
tropic of capricorn
equator
axis
Which two statements best describe why we have seasons in the Northern Hemisphere?
In the summer the Northern Hemisphere is slightly closer to the sun than the Southern Hemisphere. It's just the reverse in winter.
It's the tilt of the Earth's axis that produces seasons, along with the Earth revolving around the sun that produces the seasons.
When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, the sun's rays strike the hemisphere directly, so the weather is warmer.
The elliptical orbit of the Earth takes about 365 days, or one year.
What is a solstice?
When the Earth experiences equal daylight and darkness.
When the amount of daylight is either the greatest or the least.
A celebration of the day with the longest amount of daylight.
A solar flare upon the sun.
True or false: Seasons at the Poles and at the equator are very different from seasons everywhere else.
true
false
What season is it in the Northern Hemisphere when the Southern Hemisphere points/tilts toward the sun?
fall
spring
summer
winter
The star at the center of our solar system is the
Mercury
sun
Star potato chips
Betelgeuse
