What Causes day and night?
What causes seasons?
How does the Sun's apparent path change over the seasons?
Vocabulary
Test Prep
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How does the Earth's rotation cause day and night?
Earth's rotation causes the Sun to have apparent motion
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What shape is the path of Earth's orbit?
Elliptical
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During which season are the days longest?
Summer
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What is the northern or southern half of the Earth?
Hemisphere
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In Louisiana, which season begins in March?
Spring
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How does Earth's rotation cause day and night?
Different areas of Earth are exposed to the Sun.
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What is the position of the North Pole when it is summer in the northern hemisphere?
The North Pole is tilted toward the Sun
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What is Why is there little temperature change at the equator?
The Sun's apparent path does not change much, so temperatures change very little from season to season.
200
What is an invisible line that runs through the middle of an object?
Axis
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The path a revolving object takes is its. . .
Orbit
300
If it is noon in Baton Rouge, which way is the Earth facing? Towards the Sun or away from it?
Towards the Sun
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What is the position of the South Pole when it is summer in the northern hemisphere?
The South Pole is tilted away from the Sun
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Use the picture on page 340 Which path represents the Sun during the summer?
The top arrow
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What is the path Earth takes around the Sun, or the path the Moon takes around Earth?
Orbit
300
At what time of day are shadows the shortest?
At midday
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Earth’s spinning on its Axis is called. . .
Rotation
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What causes the seasons?
Earth's tilt and its revolution around the Sun.
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Using the picture on page 340 Which path represents the Sun during the winter?
The bottom arrow
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What occurs because Earth orbits the Sun on a tilted axis?
Seasons
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How do the Moon, Earth, and Sun move?
The moon orbits around the Earth, the Earth orbits around the Sun.
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How long does one rotation of Earth take?
24 Hours
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What would happen to the seasons if Earth's axis were not tilted?
The seasons would disappear.
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The Sun’s path repeats itself every year, so it is possible to predict the time the sun will ______ and ________.
Rise and Set
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What changes size during the day but always points away from the Sun?
Shadows
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Where on Earth do the temperatures change very little from season to season?
The North or South Pole
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