This document contains a science worksheet about seasons and the Earth's orbit around the sun. It includes 10 multiple choice questions about topics like which hemisphere is experiencing summer in a diagram of Earth, the causes of seasons, the tilt of Earth's axis, and how sunlight and daylight hours vary between hemispheres at different times of year. Diagrams are provided to help answer some of the questions.

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Unit 2: Astronomy Science 8 Seasons Ditto
1. Base your answer to the following question on The following diagram shows the area of the Earth
experiencing sunlight at sometime time during the day. The light area is experiencing the sunlight.
On this day people living in Australia are experiencing which season?
1) Fall 2) Winter 3) Spring 4) Summer
2. Which statement below describes the motion of the 5. The arrows in the diagrams represent rays of sunlight
Earth and Sun? striking Earth. Which diagram shows how the Earth's
1) The Earth revolves around the Sun. axis is tilted when it is summer in the Southern
2) The Earth rotates around the Sun. Hemisphere?
3) The Sun revolves around the Earth. 1)
4) The Sun rotates around the Earth.
3. The diagram below represents Earth at four different
positions, A, B, C, and D, in its orbit around the Sun.
2)
3)
Between which positions would North America be
experiencing the summer season?
4)
1) A and B 2) B and C
3) C and D 4) D and A
4. The lowest surface air temperatures in the Southern
Hemisphere usually occur during the
month of
1) October 2) April
3) July 4) January
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2. 6. Base your answer to the following question on the diagram below, which shows sunlight entering a
room through the same window at three different times on the same winter day.
This room is located in a building in Canada. On which side of the building is the window located?
1) east 2) west 3) south 4) north
7. Base your answer to the following question on diagrams I through III below. Diagrams I, II, and III
represent the length and direction of the shadow of a vertical stick measured at noon on three different
dates at 42° N latitude.
On the diagram provided, draw the direction and length of the shadow at noon that will most likely be
observed at 42° N latitude on June 21.
8. Summer days in North America are likely to be hotter
than winter days because in summer
1) the number of sunspots increases
2) the Sun gives off more energy
3) Earth is closer to the Sun
4) Earth’s northern axis is tilted toward the Sun
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3. 9. Base your answer to the following question on the diagram below, which shows the tilt of Earth on its
axis in relation to the Sun on one particular day. Points A through E are locations on Earth’s surface.
Point D is located in New York State. The dashed line represents Earth’s axis.
Which diagram best represents the angle of the Sun’s rays received at location C at noon on this
day?
1) 2)
3) 4)
10. The diagram below shows a view of Earth as seen
from space at a certain time of the year.
Compared to people living in the Southern
hemisphere, people living in the Northern
hemisphere are generally experiencing
1) fewer hours of daylight and warmer
temperatures
2) more hours of daylight and warmer
temperatures
3) fewer hours of daylight and cooler temperatures
4) more hours of daylight and cooler temperatures
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