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The time required for the Earth to rotate once on its axis is called a(n) a. 24 hours 56 min. b. 365.2 days c. 23 hrs. 56 min. d. 1 year

2. When the sun is directly above the equator, and days and nights are equal all around the world, it is called a(n) __________. a. solstice. b. rotation. c. equinox. d. hemisphere.

Seasons b. Solstice c. Earth’s Rotation d. Equinox _____ 3. a direct cause of daylight and night _____ 4. caused mainly by the 23.5° tilt of Earth’s axis _____ 5. causes an equal amount of daylight and nighttime hours all over the world _____ 6. when the day of the year is either the longest/shortest. Seasons b. Solstice c. Earth’s Rotation d. Equinox

7. If it’s the longest day of the year and summer in the Southern Hemisphere, it is the __________ and ________ in Tennessee. A. shortest day of the year, summer B. summer solstice, summer C. vernal equinox, winter D. winter solstice, winter

True False The Earth’s distance from the sun is the most important factor in the seasons.

A. True B. False The Earth revolves around the sun in a prograde, or counter-clockwise, revolution.

A. True B. False December 21st or 22nd, the Solstice, has the shortest amount of daylight hours in the Southern Hemisphere.

A. True B. False 11. If the axis in your hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, you are experiencing winter.

12. The season that occurs after summer is __________. Winter Spring Fall Autumnal Equinox

13. If it is Spring in Tennessee, what season is it currently in the Northern Hemisphere? Winter Spring Summer Fall

14. What is the EXACT amount of Earth’s tilt? 23 degrees 24.5 degrees 365.2 degrees 23.5 degrees

15. What are the two factors that cause seasons on Earth? Earth’s Rotation and Revolution Earth’s Revolution and Equatorial position Earth’s tilt and Revolution Earth’s tilt and Rotation