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Earth's Motion & Seasons

Earth rotating around the sun showing seasons

🌍 Part 1: Multiple Choice

1. What causes day and night on Earth?

The Sun moving around Earth

Earth's rotation on its axis

The Moon blocking sunlight

Earth moving closer to the Sun

2. How long does it take Earth to rotate completely once?

12 hours

24 hours

365 days

1 week

3. What is Earth's axis tilt?

0 degrees

15 degrees

23.5 degrees

45 degrees

4. Why is it warmer in summer?

Earth is closer to the Sun

Sunlight hits more directly due to Earth's tilt

The Sun gets hotter

There are more hours in summer days

5. What happens to sunlight during winter?

It is more direct

It is less direct

It doesn't reach Earth

It only shines at night

📝 Part 2: Vocabulary & Short Answers

6. Fill in the blanks with the correct vocabulary words:

Word Bank: rotation, axis, orbit, seasons, tilt

a) Earth's _____________ is an imaginary line through the center of our planet.

b) Earth's _____________ around the Sun takes 365 days.

c) The _____________ of Earth causes different amounts of sunlight to hit different areas.

d) Spring, summer, fall, and winter are the four _____________.

e) Earth's _____________ on its axis takes 24 hours.

7. Explain why we have different seasons throughout the year.
8. If Earth didn't rotate, what would happen to day and night?

🎨 Part 3: Diagram Activity

9. In the box below, draw Earth with its tilted axis. Show the Sun's light hitting Earth and label the following: axis, sunlight, day side, night side.
10. Circle the season it would be in the northern part of the United States if Earth is tilted toward the Sun:

Spring

Summer

Fall

Winter

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