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Reason for Seasons
Reason for Seasons
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In what month does the summer solstice happen?
May
June
July
April
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Which planet is the largest rocky planet?
Mercury
Earth
Pluto
Venus
3
What season is it in Illinois when the Earth is pointed towards the sun?
Summer
Spring
Winter
Fall
4
Two times a year when the Sun is its highest and lowest in the sky at noon.
Winter
Equinox
Solstice
Axis
5
The movement of one object around another.
Orbit
Revolve
Season
Eqiunox
6
The imaginary line passing through the North and South pole in which the Earth rotates
Equinox
Axis
Sun
Solstice
7
The central object of the solar system that the Earth orbits around
Planet
Earth
Sun
Moon
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The spinning of Earth on its axis
Summer
Rotation
Season
Orbit
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What day does Spring begin
December 21
May 21
June 21
March 21
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Seasons are cause by Earth's________
axis
oceans
tilt
orbit
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In what season do the leaves change color?
fall
summer
spring
winter
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The revolution of Earth around the Sun.
revolve
rotation
solstice
orbit
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What happens when neither hemisphere is tilted toward the sun and night and day are equal.
rotation
equinox
orbit
solstice
14
What month does the winter solstice happen?
October
January
November
December
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Different periods of the year marked by certain weather patterns and daylight hours
Equinox
Seasons
Spring
Axis