LESSON

Cloze Activity

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Date

Earth and Sun

Fill in the blanks.
axis

night

summer

concentrated

revolution

winter

day

seasons

Earth moves in two main ways. Each year, it makes

one

revolution

around the Sun. At the same

axis

time, Earth also spins on its

. As it

spins, half of Earth faces the Sun and has

day

, while the other half faces away from

night

the Sun and has

axis causes

seasons

. Earths tilt on its

.

The hemisphere of Earth tilted toward the Sun has

summer

. Temperatures are warmer at this

time of year because the Suns heat strikes at a direct

concentrated

away from the Sun has

. The hemisphere tilted

winter

. The seasons
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angle and is

in the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere

are always opposite.

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Chapter 8 The Universe

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Earth and Sun