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Organize & Summary

A Fill out the organizer with the information you learned in the story.

Cause Effect

Earth’s orbit and tilt on its axis
make four different levels of sun These create four seasons.
energy.

When Earth’s axis faces the
opposite of the sun, it cannot
receive many sunrays.

The Earth moves closer to the
The days get longer and warmer.
sun and it receives more sunrays.

Earth’s axis is facing the sun.

Earth keeps moving and summer
is over.

B Fill in the blanks with the correct words to summarize the story.

opposite sunrays orbit seasons winter coldest

Earth’s and tilt on its axis make four different levels of sun

energy, these create the four . When Earth’s axis faces the
of the sun it cannot receive many sunrays. That’s why

winter is the of the four seasons. As Earth moves closer
to the sun, it receives more . The days get longer and

warmer. When Earth’s axis is facing the sun, Earth receives the most

sunrays in summer. Earth keeps moving and summer is over. And

everyone is now ready for .

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