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6th SMS - Section 1 "Our Planet, the Earth"

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show ORBIT  
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show REVOLUTION  
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show AXIS  
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show ROTATION  
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Area between the Tropic of Cancer (23.5 degrees North) and the Tropc of Capricorn (23.5 degrees South) on each side of the equator (0 degrees latitude) which recieves direct sunlight at some time during the year and is almost always hot   show
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the number of times each year that the sun is directly over the Equator   show
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show March 21st (first day of Spring)  
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The Fall Equinox also occurs when the sun is directly over the equator, on what date?   show
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show June 21 or 22 (first day of summer)  
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The Winter Solstice occurs when the sun is directly above the Tropic of Capricorn (23.5 degrees South latitude). What is the date that this happens each year?   show
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The region north of the equator from 66.5 degrees north to 0 degrees north latitude that forms the Arctic Circle   show
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show MIDDLE LATITUDES (the "temperate zones" - with four seasons that each have their own patterns of daylight, temperature and weather lasting for approx. 3 months at a time)  
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