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Date ___________________

Seasons
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REVOLUTION	ROTATION	ROTATES	ATMOSPHERE
SEPTEMBER	DECEMBER	DEGREES	EQUATOR
SEASONS	DARKNESS	SUMMER	WINTER
TILTED	POLES	ANGLE	JUNE
SUNLIGHT	JANUARY	SLANT	MONTH
AXIS	JULY	AUTUMN	SUN

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1.	Earth is closest to the sun on the third day of ____.

2.	In the northern hemisphere, summer solstice occurs on ____ 21.

3.	When Earth revolves around the sun, its axis is ___.

4.	When sunlight strikes the earth at a ____, it covers more area because the light is spread out.

6.	In the northern hemisphere, winter solstice occurs on ____ 21.

9.	About 20% of the solar energy that reaches Earth is absorbed among the various layers of the ____.

11.	Night and day occur on Earth because of the Earth's ____.

13.	If Earth were upright in relation to the Sun, there would be no ____ on Earth.

15.	The tilt of the earth changes the way ____ hits the earth.

16.	In space, Earth's axis is always pointed in the same direction. Earth's axis changes position relative to the ____, because of its revolution.

17.	Earth is farthest from the sun on the third day of ____.

19.	The season in the Northern Hemisphere when the North Pole is tilted toward the Sun.

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5.	In the winter, the Sun's rays strike Earth at a greater ____ than during the winter.

7.	At any one time, half of Earth has sunlight.

8.	An imaginary line that divides Earth between its two hemispheres.

10.	The season in the Southern Hemisphere when the North Pole is tilted toward the Sun.

11.	The earth makes one ___ around the sun once every year (approximately 365.25 days).

12.	In the northern hemisphere, autumnal (or fall) equinox occurs on ____ 22.

14.	The earth's axis is not perpendicular to the plane of the earth's orbit around the sun. The axis is titled by about 23.5 ____.

18.	The earth ___ on its axis once every 24 hours.

20.	When the Northern Hemisphere of Earth has spring, the Southern Hemisphere of Earth has this season.

21.	The Earth rotates around its ____.

22.	The axis of Earth passes between the North and South ____.

23.	On Earth, the hottest time of year is approximately one ____ after the first day of summer.

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