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Seasons
Earth's tilt
Vocabulary
Solstice/Equinox
Various
100

What season is September - November and has warm and rainy weather?

Spring

100
What causes the seasons?
The earth's tilt
100
What is the equator
The imaginary line around the earth
100

When is the winter solstice? What is the winter solstice?

June 21st. The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year when the earth is tilted farthest away from the sun.

100

If it is summer here what season is it in the nothern hemisphere?

Winter

200

What season is December - February and is very hot?

Summer

200
How is the earth tilted when it is winter here?
Away from the sun
200

What is the Southern Hemisphere? What hemisphere do we live in?

The bottom half of the earth. The southern hemisphere

200

When is the summer solstice? What is the summer solstice?

The summer solstice is on December 21st. The summer solstice is the longest day of the year when the earth is tilted most toward the sun.

200

If it is Winter here what season is it in the northern hemisphere?

Summer

300

What season is March - May and is cool?

Autumn

300
How is the earth tilted when it is summer?
Toward the sun
300

What is the Northern Hemisphere?

The top half of the earth

300

What is the autumn equinox?

The autumn (fall) equinox is when there are 12 hours of day and night. It starts to get colder as the earth begins to tilt away from the sun

300

If it is spring here what season is it in the northern hemisphere?

Autumn (fall)

400

What season is June - August and is very cold?

Winter

400
How is the earth tilted when it is spring?
Not toward or away from the sun. The earth is moving closer to facing the sun so the weather starts to warm up.
400
What is the earth's orbit?
The path the earth follows around the sun
400
What is the spring equinox
The spring equinox is when there are 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night. The weather starts to warm up at the earth's tilt beings to face the sun.
400

If it is Autumn (fall) here what season is it in the southern hemisphere?

spring

500
Name the seasons in order starting with winter.
Winter, spring, summer, fall
500

How is the earth tilted when it is autumn?

Not towards or away from the sun. The earth is starting to move closer to facing away from the sun so it starts to get colder.

500
What is the earth's rotation
Earth's spin
500

Are the days shorter on the June solstice or the December Solstice? Why?

The June solstice, because the earth is tilted away from the sun.

500

What is one thing you learned about the tilt of the earth or the seasons today?

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