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Science Explainer: What causes the seasons?
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Instructions
Read the passage
What causes the seasons?
Then answer the questions below.
Read the passage
What causes the seasons?
Then answer the questions below.
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Question 1
1.
Drag each answer choice into the correct space. Not all answer choices will be used.
When the sun is directly overhead, its rays are more _________________ than when it hits the Earth at an angle. This results in ______________.
Other Answer Choices:
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spread out
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less light
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more heat
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concentrated
Question 2
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Question 3
3.
Drag each season (as it occurs north of the equator) into the correct box to show the sun's position during that season.
Winter
Spring
Fall
Summer
The sun shines directly on the northern hemisphere
The sun shines directly on the southern hemisphere
The sun shines equally on both hemispheres
Which statements are true about the Earth's seasons? Select
two
correct answers.
The Earth is closest to the sun during the summer months.
Different parts of the Earth experience the seasons differently due to the Earth's tilt.
The hottest seasons of the year occur when the sun's rays hit Earth at an angle.
Each year, the Earth makes one complete turn on its axis.
The northern hemisphere has fall when the southern hemisphere has spring.