8 seasons trivia questions
Seasons questions with answers and source links. Print the short round and complete key together.
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What causes Earth's seasons: its tilt or its changing distance from the Sun?
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Its tilt.
Source: NASA Space Place https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/seasons/en/
When the North Pole tilts toward the Sun, which season does the Northern Hemisphere have?
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Summer.
Source: NASA Space Place https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/seasons/en/
When the South Pole tilts toward the Sun, which season is it in the Northern Hemisphere?
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Winter.
Source: NASA Space Place https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/seasons/en/
Around which month does the North Pole tilt toward the Sun?
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June.
Source: NASA Space Place https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/seasons/en/
Is Earth closest to the Sun during the Northern Hemisphere's summer or its winter?
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Its winter.
Source: NASA Space Place https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/seasons/en/
What name is given to the big object thought to have knocked Earth's axis off-kilter long ago?
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Theia.
Source: NASA Space Place https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/seasons/en/
Near which date is the spring equinox in the Northern Hemisphere?
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Near March 21.
Source: National Weather Service https://www.weather.gov/fsd/season
At an equinox, which two things are nearly equal everywhere on Earth?
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Daylight and darkness.
Source: National Weather Service https://www.weather.gov/cle/seasons
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