1. Snowball Test Review! The Seasons

2. 1. The time it takes for Earth to spin one time on its axis is a ______________________

3. 2. What season is the Northern Hemisphere experiencing in this diagram
2. What season is the Northern Hemisphere experiencing in this diagram? What season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?

4. 3. What is wrong with this diagram?

5. 4. The side of the earth that faces the sun experiences _______________, while the side of the earth that faces away from the sun experiences _______________.

6. 5. What season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing in this diagram
5. What season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing in this diagram? How can you tell?

7. 6. Based on the location of Earth in the diagram below; in 6 months, what season will it be in the Northern Hemisphere?

8. 7. After Earth has completed one revolution around the sun, how much time has passed? Give 3 responses: Days Weeks Years

9. 8. What direction does the earth rotate
8. What direction does the earth rotate? Which direction does the earth revolve around the sun?

10. 9. What season begins in the Southern Hemisphere when Earth is at location 1?

11. 10. What is missing from this diagram that would help identify each season the earth experiences as it revolves around the sun?

12. 11. What season is the Northern Hemisphere experiencing from point 3 to point 4?

13. 12. Which diagram shows Earth’s rotation and revolution?

14. 13. Which position shows the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere? In the Southern Hemisphere?

15. 14. What two days a year are the amount of daylight and darkness equal
14. What two days a year are the amount of daylight and darkness equal? What are these days called?

16. 15. What season begins in the Northern Hemisphere in its location shown below?

17. Answer Key Day/rotation NH= Fall; SH =Spring
The earth’s tilt is changing.
Day; night
The Southern Hemisphere is experiencing winter because it is NOT tilted towards the sun, it is tilted away.
Summer
Days=365 ¼; Weeks = 52; Years = 1
The earth rotates and revolves counterclockwise

18. Answer Key (continued)
9. Spring
Showing which way the earth is tilted,
Winter D
NH=W; SH = Y
Sept 21/22 and March 20/21; The Fall and Spring Equinoxes
Spring