Directed Reading 10.

1, Days & Seasons on Earth

THE EARTH-SUN SYSTEM ___6. the date summer
begins a. March 21
1. Which of the following is a direct cause of
daylight and night? b. December 21
___7. the date fall begins
a. Earth’s sunset
___8. the date winter c. June 21
b. Earth’s weather begins d. September 22
c. Earth’s rotation
___9. the date spring
d. Earth’s axis begins
2. How many days does it take Earth to revolve
d. the sunset
once around the sun?
THE SEASONS’ YEARLY CYCLE
a. 365 1/4 days
Equinoxes
b. 30 days
c. 400 days a. day b. equinox c. solstice
d. 80 days
10. The time when the sun is directly above the
Earth’s Rotation equator is called ______________________.
3. How long does it take Earth to rotate once 11. The time required for Earth to rotate once on
on its axis?
its axis is called a(n) __________________.
a. 5 hours and 20 minutes
12. The time when the sun is farthest north or
b. 23 hours and 56 minutes
south of the equator is called a(n) ________.
c. 12 hours and 10 minutes
d. 24 hours and 15 minutes

4. Which of the following does a day include?

___13. The North Pole is tilted
a. the time of heat and rain away from the sun.
b. the time of cold and snow
___14. Neither the Northern a. March Equinox
c. the time of rain and wind Hemisphere nor the
Southern Hemisphere is b. December
d. the time of light and dark Solstice
tilted toward the sun.
Earth’s Tilt
5. Earth’s 23.5° tilt mainly causes which of the ___15. The North Pole is tilted c. September
following? toward the sun. Equinox

a. the seasons ___16. The number of daylight d. June Solstice

b. the weather hours equals the number
of nighttime hours all
c. the sunrise
over the world.