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- 1. Multiple Choice
How long does it take for the Earth to complete one full rotation around it's axis?
24 hours
12 hours
6 hours
- 2. Multiple Choice
What happens to our day and night hours on December 22nd (Winter Solstice)?
Days are longer and nights are shorter.
Days and nights are 12 hours.
We probably have eclipses.
Days are shorter and nights are longer.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What happens to our day and night hours on June 21st (Summer Solstice)?
Days are shorter and nights are longer.
Days and nights are 12 hours.
We probably have eclipses.
Days are longer and nights are shorter.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Day and night is caused by the . . .revolution of Earth around the Sunorbit of Earth around the Moonrotation of earth on its axis.rotation of the Moon on it's axis - 5. Multiple Choice
As a calendar year only has 365 days, there is a _____________ every four years. We add an extra day to the month of February.
Leap year
Equinoxes
Solstices
Month year
- 6. Multiple Choice
The seasons are...
Winter, summer, autumn and hotter
Summer, spring, tuna and snow
Spring, summer, autumn and winter
- 7. Multiple Choice
The Earth’s rotation and revolution happen at the same time.
True
False
- 8. Multiple Choice
The summer happens when…
the hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun.
the hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Earth spinning on its axis is an example of
Rotation
Revolution
- 10. Multiple Choice
How long does it take Earth to make one complete revolution around the sun?
1 year
1 day
24 hours
365 1/4 days
- 11. Multiple Choice
Without the tilt of Earth's axis, we would not have ________
Day and night
Years
Seasons
The moon
- 12. Multiple Choice
What season is the Northern Hemisphere having?
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
- 13. Multiple Choice
What season is the Northern Hemisphere having?
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
- 14. Multiple Choice
____________ is an imaginary line that runs through the Earth from the North to South poles
Rotate
Revolve
Axis
Orbit
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is the path that a planet follows around the Sun?
rotation
revolution
orbit
inclination
- 16. Multiple Choice
What shape is Earth's orbit?
elipse
oval
circle
triangle
- 17. Multiple Choice
When daylight hours are almost equal to night time hours, it is called
equinox
solstice
- 18. Multiple Choice
The axis of the Earth is tilted at an angle of 23.50.
True
False
- 19. Fill in the Blank
If it is night in India,it would be ______ in USA.
- 20. Multiple Choice
The Night happens because one side of the Earth is facing away from the Sun.
True
False
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