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Earth Science Unit 2 Lesson 1
Earth Science Unit 2 Lesson 1
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What is the definition of year?
The motion of a body that travels around another body in space
The time it takes a planet to complete one full rotation on its axis.
The patterns of temperature changes and other weather trends over a year.
Earth completes a full revolution around the sun in 365 1/4 days.
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What are the reasons for the season?
Earth's tilt & rotation.
Earth's tilt & resolution.
Earth's rotation & size.
Earth's tilt & revolution.
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What is the definition of rotation?
The spinning of a body, such as a planet, on its axis.
The areaof sunlight is at a max in one hemisphere and at a min in the other
The time it takes a planet to complete one full rotation on its axis.
The patterns of temperature changes and other weather trends over a year.
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What is the definition of equinox?
The time it takes a planet to complete one full rotation on its axis.
Sunlight shines equally on the northern and southern hemispheres.
The patterns of temperature changes and other weather trends over a year.
Spinning and orbiting.
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What is the definition of day?
The time it takes a planet to complete one full rotation on its axis.
The spinning of a body, such as a planet, on its axis.
Earth completes a full revolution around the sun in 365 1/4 days.
The areaof sunlight is at a max in one hemisphere and at a min in the other
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If it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, then it will be _____________ in the Southern Hemisphere.
winter
autumn
sspring
summer
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What is the definition of revolution?
The motion of a body that travels around another body in space
The spinning of a body, such as a planet, on its axis.
Earth's tilt & resolution.
The patterns of temperature changes and other weather trends over a year.
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Earth's ________ on its axis causes day and night.
phase
rotation
comet
revolution
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What is the definition of season?
D. Sunlight shines equally on the northern and southern hemispheres.
The motion of a body that travels around another body in space
Earth completes a full revolution around the sun in 365 1/4 days.
C. The patterns of temperature changes and other weather over a year.
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_________ hours is how long it takes for the Earth to complete 1 full rotation.
48
13
24
26
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What is the definition of solstice?
The spinning of a body, such as a planet, on its axis.
The patterns of temperature changes and other weather trends over a year.
The motion of a body that travels around another body in space
The areaof sunlight is at a max in one hemisphere and at a min in the other
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If it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, then it will be _____________ in the Southern Hemisphere.
A. Summer
B. Spring
C. Winter
D. Fall
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What is rotation?
Spinning and orbiting.
The orbit around another object.
Any type of movement.
The spinning on an axis.
