Earth's Rotation
Seasons on Earth

Solstice

Equinox
Grab bag
100
365.25
What is the number of days it takes for the Earth to revolve once around the sun?
100
The 23.5 degree tilt of the Earth's axis
What is the reason there are seasons?
100
The Summer Solstice
What is what occurs when the sun is the farthest north of the equator?
100
Equinox
What is what occurs when the daylight and nightime hours are equal all over the world?
100
Axis
What is the imaginary pole that the Earth spins around
200
The side of Earth that faces the sun
What is daytime?
200
The half of Earth located above the equator
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
200
The Winter Solstice
What is what happens when the sun is farthest south of the equator?
200
Autumn Equinox
What is the equinox that occurs on September 23?
200
Areas near the equator
What are places that have the least seasonal changes such as daylight hours or hot temperatures?
300
Night time
What is the time of day when the Earth faces away from the sun?
300
The half of planet Earth located South of the equator
What is the Southern Hemisphere?
300
The equator
What is the imaginary line that separtes the Earth's Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
300
Vernal Equinox
What is the equinox that occurs on March 21st?
300
Tilt
What is this "position" of Earth's axis that causes daytime hours and seasons?
400
23 hours and 56 minutes
What is the amount of time it takes for Earth to revolve once on its axis?
400
The time of year when the Northern Hemisphere (including North America) is tilted TOWARD the sun
What is Summer?
400
December 22
What is the exact date of the Winter Solstice?
400
The September Equinox
What is what marks the beginning of Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere?
500
counterclockwise
What is the direction in which Earth rotates on its axis?
500
Winter
What is the time of year when the Northern Hemisphere (including North America) is tilted away from the sun?
500
June 22
What is the exact date of the Summer Solstice?
500
March (or Vernal) Equinox
What is what marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere?
500
If you were in a spaceship and you saw Canada facing and tilted in toward the sun, you would be witnessing this season in the Northern Hemisphere
What is summer time?
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