Seasons

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1.What is the result from the earth's axis being tilted to its orbital plane?
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Weather

Equinox

Seasons

2.Equinoxes occur one a year

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True

False

3.The following term is derived from the Latin aequus (equal) and nox (night).
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Solstice

Equinox

Axial tilt

Weather

4.Northern and Southern Hemispheres experience opposite seasons

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True

False

5.Earth reaches perihelion, the point in its orbit closest to the sun, in what month?
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January

February

March

April

6.Earth reaches aphelion, the farthest point from the sun, in July
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True

False

7.When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the

Southern Hemisphere?
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Winter

Spring

Summer

Fall

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8.The North Pole is consistently colder during the northern winter than the South
Pole during the southern winter.
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True

False

9.What month does winter solstice occur in?

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November

December

January

February

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