Science Seasons Reviewer

Question 1

What is the most essential learning competency related to the seasons?

Answer 1

Using models, relate the tilt of the earth and the seasons (S7ES-IVh-9).

Question 2

What are the four seasons of Earth?

Answer 2

• Spring
• Summer
• Autumn
• Winter

Question 3

What causes the seasons?

Answer 3

The earth’s tilt and revolution around the sun.

Question 4

What is the hottest season of the year?

Answer 4

Summer

Question 5

When do we have the shortest shadows?

Answer 5

Winter

Question 6

What season is characterized by animals hibernating and migrating?

Answer 6

Winter

Question 7

What is the event described as the shortest day of the year?

Answer 7

Winter Solstice

Question 8

Why are the seasons different in the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

Answer 8

Because direct rays of the sun shift from one hemisphere to the other.

Question 9

When it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere, how is the Northern Hemisphere tilted?

Answer 9

The earth is tilted away from the sun.

Question 10

Do the tilt of the earth and revolution around the sun affect the seasons?

Answer 10

Yes, because these allow different parts of the Earth to receive different amounts of energy.

Question 11

What is the reason Lina in Japan experiences winter while Aly in Australia experiences summer in February?

Answer 11

Lina and Aly are living in countries that are in opposite hemispheres.

Question 12

What latitude is approximately 66.5 degrees north of the equator?

Answer 12

Arctic Circle

Question 13

What is the line of 0 degrees latitude called?

Answer 13

Equator

Question 14

What latitude is approximately 23.5 degrees south of the equator?

Answer 14

Tropic of Capricorn

Question 15

What latitude is approximately 23.5 degrees north of the equator?

Answer 15

Tropic of Cancer

Question 16

What latitude is approximately 66.5 degrees south of the equator?

Answer 16

Antarctic Circle

Question 17

What happens during autumn in the Northern Hemisphere?

Answer 17

Leaves change color and fall from the trees.

Question 18

What begins on the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere?

Answer 18

Summer

Question 19

What is the coldest season of the year?

Answer 19

Winter

Question 20

During which season do trees and plants start to grow?

Answer 20

Spring

Question 21

Fill in the blank: The weather gets ________ during summer.

Answer 21

hotter

Question 22

Fill in the blank: Leaves are __________ off trees during autumn.

Answer 22

falling

Question 23

Fill in the blank: A white layer of _______ covers the ground in winter.

Answer 23

snow

Question 24

Fill in the blank: The _______ start singing sweet songs in spring.

Answer 24

birds

Question 25

True or False: Lines of latitude run in an east to west direction.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

True or False: The equator is at 90 degrees latitude.

Answer 26

False

Question 27

True or False: The Prime Meridian is the major line of latitude.

Answer 27

False

Question 28

What is the southernmost limit of the sun’s rays?

Answer 28

66.5 degrees south

Question 29

What season begins in the Northern Hemisphere in September?

Answer 29

Autumn

Question 30

What marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere?

Answer 30

March 20 or 21

Question 31

What is the phenomenon called when the length of day and night is equal everywhere on Earth?

Answer 31

Autumnal equinox

Question 32

What happens on December 21 or 22 in the Northern Hemisphere?

Answer 32

Winter solstice

Question 33

What is the tilt of the Earth's axis?

Answer 33

23 degrees

Question 34

What is the main reason Earth experiences seasons?

Answer 34

Tilt of the Earth's axis

Question 35

What season occurs in the Southern Hemisphere during the Northern Hemisphere's winter?

Answer 35

Summer

Question 36

What are the two solstices and two equinoxes experienced in a year?

Answer 36

Summer solstice, winter solstice, spring equinox, autumnal equinox

Question 37

What is the vertical position of the sun's rays in December?

Answer 37

Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees south)

Question 38

What is the main characteristic of the climate in the Philippines?

Answer 38

Tropical climate zone

Question 39

What are the two seasons in the Philippines?

Answer 39

Wet season and dry season

Question 40

Fill in the blank: The Earth takes ________ days to orbit the sun.

Answer 40

365.25

Question 41

Fill in the blank: The Earth's axis is tilted at ______ degrees.

Answer 41

23

Question 42

True or False: The sun shines directly on the Northern Hemisphere during its winter.

Answer 42

False

Question 43

What occurs during the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere?

Answer 43

Longest day of the year

Question 44

What is the shape of the Earth's orbit around the sun?

Answer 44

Elliptical (slightly oval)

Question 45

Fill in the blank: A _________ is when the sun is at its greatest distance from the equator.

Answer 45

Solstice

Question 46

During which equinox do both hemispheres receive equal hours of day and night?

Answer 46

Spring and autumn equinoxes

Question 47

What is the effect of Earth's axial tilt on solar radiation?

Answer 47

Different parts receive more direct rays at different times of the year

Question 48

How does the length of daylight change from position C to position D in the Northern Hemisphere?

Answer 48

Gets longer

Question 49

Fill in the blank: The _________ divides the Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres.

Answer 49

Equator

Question 50

What is the result of Earth's tilt?

Answer 50

Seasons

Question 51

What does revolution mean in the context of Earth's movement?

Answer 51

The Earth is moving around another object (the sun)