Name___________________________________________________________
REASONS FOR SEASONS
CLOZE
Directions: Use words from the word bank to fill in the sentences in the
story that follows.
Word Bank
summer
all
shorter
Sun
temperature
Pole
Earth
half
tilt
opposite
warm
long
fall
revolving
Our seasons happen because of the Earth ______________ around the
Sun and the ____________ of Earth on its axis.
On Earth, the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere
experience ___________________ seasons. The North _______ tilts
toward the sun between March and September. During this time, we
experience spring and _______________ in the northern hemisphere.
The days are longer and warmer.
On _________, the North Pole tilts away from the Sun between
September and March. In the northern hemisphere, it is __________
and winter at that time. The days are ___________and colder.
In fact, most planets have seasons, although the
___________________ may not change as much on some of them as
the seasons change. How much the seasons change on a planet
depend on distance from the _______________.
On Mars, a summer lasts twice as ________ as an Earth summer, but it
is not nearly as warm. A Mars summer day might _________ up to
freezing but at night it gets as cold as our South Pole!
On Venus, it is super hot in _________ seasons.
Uranus is really cold. It is winter and night time on the northern
_________ of the planet for 42 years at a time. So, make sure to take
your hot chocolate!
DAY and NIGHT CLOZE ACTIVITY
Directions: Use words from the word bank to fill in the sentences in the
story that follows.
Word Bank
day
rotation
side
night
toward
Day and night occur on Earth due to the planet’s
_______________________, or spinning on its axis like a top.
As the Earth spins, the side of Earth that faces
______________________ the Sun experiences the light
period known as ______________. While the
______________ of Earth facing away from the Sun
experiences ______________________, a period of darkness.