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The .... happen in March and September. These are the days when daytime and night time are the same length
Equinoxes
The Earth’s axis is .... 23.5 degrees
Tilted
The South .... and North .... experience long periods of sunlight or darkness
Pole
Day and night are caused by Earth .... on its axis
Rotation
The tilt of the Earth affects the amount of .... on the surface of different areas on Earth
Sunlight
The winter .... is a day that has the least amount of daylight hours. The summer .... is the day that has the most daylight hours in the year.
Solstice
The Earth is tilted towards the Sun during this season, making daytime longer than night
Summer
The Earth completes one full rotation on its axis (about 24 hours)
Day
The Earth tilts away from the Sun during this season, making night time longer
Winter
Used to tell the time with shadows
Sundials
The movement of the Earth around the Sun
Orbit
We see .... and sunsets because Earth is spinning on its axis
Sunrises
The Earth’s ... is an imaginary line down the centre of the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole
Axis
Half of the Earth is in this at any moment
Shadow
When viewed from the North Pole, the Earth spins in an .... direction
Anticlockwise
When you’re in the Earth’s shadow, it is ....
Night
