The Reason for the Seasons

True or False: It takes the Earth one year to revolve one time around the sun?

We have more hours of nighttime than daylight.

During the winter the sun is __________________ in the sky.

During the summer the sun is _________________ in the sky.

In ___________, the northern half of Earth tilts more towards the sun.

In _____________ the northern half of the Earth is tilted away from the sun.

The path the Earth travels on during its revolution around the sun is called its ___________.

The weather is beginning to get cooler; the hours of daylight and nighttime are about equal.

A revolution is _____________.

The shape of the Earth's orbit is a(n) _______________.

True or False: An axis is an imaginary line that divides the Earth into the north and south.

In __________ and _________ no part of the Earth is tilted toward or away from the sun.

We have much more daylight than nighttime.

The weather is getting warmer; the hours of daylight and nighttime are about the same.

true or False: It takes the Earth one month to rotate one time on its axis.

A rotation is _______________.

If the Earth was not tilted at an angle, we would __________________________.