Unit 3: SEM

Question 1

rotational axis

Answer 1

The line on which an axis rotates

Question 2

Revolution

Answer 2

The motion of one object around another

Question 3

Orbit

Answer 3

The path an object follows as it moves around another object

Question 4

solstice

Answer 4

A day when Earth’s rotation axis is the most toward or away from the Sun

Question 5

equinox

Answer 5

A day when Earth’s rotation axis is leaning along Earth’s orbit, neither toward nor away from the Sun.

Question 6

What day is the December/ Winter Solstice on?

Answer 6

It is on December 21 or 22.

Question 7

What end of the Earth’s rotation axis is away from the Sun during the December/ Winter Solstice?

Answer 7

The north end / The Northern Hemisphere

Question 8

What season has days in the Northern Hemisphere being shortest while nights are longest?

Answer 8

Winter

Question 9

What season has days in the southern hemisphere being longest while nights are shortest?

Answer 9

Summer

Question 10

What season begins for the Northern Hemisphere on the December Solstice?

Answer 10

Winter

Question 11

What season begins for the Southern Hemisphere on the December Solstice?

Answer 11

Summer

Question 12

During the Winter Solstice, does the Northern hemisphere receive less sunlight than the Southern?

Answer 12

True; It does.

Question 13

What day is the September equinox on?

Answer 13

September 22 or 23

Question 14

What day does the north end of Earth’s rotation axis lean along Earth’s orbit?

Answer 14

September Equinox

Question 15

Are there 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness everywhere on Earth on the September Equinox?

Answer 15

True. It is the one of the only days they are about equal in time.

Question 16

What season begins in the northern hemisphere during the September Equinox?

Answer 16

Autumn begins

Question 17

What season begins in the southern hemisphere during the September Equinox?

Answer 17

Spring begins

Question 18

What day is the March Equinox on?

Answer 18

March 20 or 21

Question 19

Does the north end of Earth’s rotation axis lean along the Earth’s orbit on the March Equinox?

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Is the days shortest during the March Equinox, while the nights are longest?

Answer 20

False. Everywhere on earth, there is 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness.

Question 21

What season begins on the northern hemisphere during the March Equinox?

Answer 21

Spring

Question 22

What season begins on the southern hemisphere during the March Equinox?

Answer 22

autumn

Question 23

What day is the June Solstice on?

Answer 23

June 20 or 21

Question 24

Is the North end of Earth’s rotation axis away from the Sun during the June Solstice?

Answer 24

False; it is towards the sun.

Question 25

Which hemisphere gets more sunlight during the June Solstice?

Answer 25

The Northern hemisphere receives more sunlight.

Question 26

During the June solstice, are the nights longer than the day in the Southern Hemisphere?

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Are the days in the northern hemisphere longest during the June Solstice, while the nights are shortest?

Answer 27

True

Question 28

What season in the Northern Hemisphere starts on the June Solstice?

Answer 28

Summer

Question 29

What season in the Southern Hemisphere starts on the June Solstice?

Answer 29

Winter