Seasons not only tell us the time of the year in different landscapes, they are intimately connected to human emotions and experiences as well. Find out how...

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What is a season?

The body of gases surrounding planet Earth

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The distance of a place from the equator

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Sheets of high level clouds

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Any of the quarters into which an year is divided.

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Why do seasons change?

Due to the earth's revolution around the sun

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Due to the earth's rotation around its own axis

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Due the changes in the lunar cycle

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Due to the position of the planets in the solar system

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What happens during an Equinox?

Days are longer than nights

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Days and nights are of equal length

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Nights are longer than days

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Nothing special

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Which climatic zone has winter almost throughout the year?

Tropical

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Mediterranean

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Steppe

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Tundra

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Which of these animals changes colour according to the season?

Hippopotamus

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Giraffe

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Zebra

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Arctic fox

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Which region of the earth has 'light seasons' and 'dark seasons'?

The Tropics

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Dry

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Temperate

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Polar

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Which season is universally associated with love and rebirth?

Spring

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Winter

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Summer

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Autumn

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Which place on earth is known as the 'Land of Eternal Spring'?

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

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Texas (USA)

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Quito (Ecuador)

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Buenos Aires (Argentina)

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Where did the term 'monsoon' originate from?

Iran (Persia)

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Indonesia

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India

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Israel

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The classical music systems of India have many 'ragas', or musical note-systems based on particular seasons. Which of these ragas would you most associate with the rainy season?

Bhairav

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Mian ki Malhar

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Todi

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Deepak

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The great Indian poet Kalidasa too has written an epic celebrating the seasons. Could you name it?

Meghdutam

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Kumarsambhava

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Ritusamhara

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Abhijnyanam Shakuntalam

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Which of these poets has written a collection of poems based on the four main seasons?

William Blake

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Thomas Gray

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WB Yeats

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William Wordsworth

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