Quiz
1. When is the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere?
2. The seasons are caused by:
3. Which place on earth receives the longest period of daylight on December 21?
4. There is a day during the year when the period of daylight is the same length everywhere on earth.
5. For points along the equator, every day of the year consists of 12 hours of daylight, and 12 hours of darkness.
1. When is the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere?
Between December 21 and 23.
2. The seasons are caused by:
The tilt of the earth's rotational axis.
3. Which place on earth receives the longest period of daylight on December 21?
The south pole.
4. There is a day during the year when the period of daylight is the same length everywhere on earth.
True.
5. For points along the equator, every day of the year consists of 12 hours of daylight, and 12 hours of darkness.
False.
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