SEASONS
CAUSES OF SEASONS
EQUINOXES
SOLSTICES
100

What season is it in the Northern Hemisphere, if the Southern Hemisphere is summer?

winter

100

This star helps cause seasons

The sun

100

What does the word equinox mean?

equal day and night

100

The summer solstice marks the beginning of ______.

a. fall

b. summer

c. spring

d. winter

summer

200

This season has two names

Fall/Autumn

200

Earth has a to cause seasons

 axis

200

This is when the first equinox occurs

spring

200

How many times does a solstice happen in a year?

Twice

300

What season is it in the Southern Hemisphere, if the Northern Hemisphere is winter?

summer

300

As Earth orbits around the Sun, it spins on its _____.


axis

300

When does the second equinox occur?

fall

300

During what month does the first solstice happen?

Hint: Summer

June

400

The first equinox of the year is in this season

Spring

400

The tilt of Earth's axis is

a. 50.2 degrees

b. 23.4 degrees

c. 76 degrees

23.4 degrees

400

This is the official name for the fall equinox

a. vernal equinox

b. autumnal equinox

autumnal equinox

400

During what month does the second solstice happen?

December