Movement of the Earth

MOVEMENT OF THE EARTH

By Yoshy Faweta

• The shape of Earth

• Time taken to move

• Kind of movement

• Effect of the Earth movemennt​

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​By Yoshy Faweta

​About the Earth

Multiple Choice

The shape of our Earth is ....

• spherical

• cylinder

• pyramid

• cuboid

Multiple Choice

An imaginary line that goes through the centre of Earth is called ....

• axis

• orbit

• equator

• Northern Hemisphere

Multiple Choice

The Earth orbit the Sun in ____ path.

• circular

• rectangle

• square

• slight ellipse

Multiple Choice

An imaginary line around the middle of Earth is called....

• axis

• equator

• orbit

• northern hemisphere

Multiple Choice

The top half of Earth that lies above the equator is called ...

• axis

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

• orbit

Multiple Choice

Anika makes a model of the solar system. She uses ball, an apple, an orange, some cherries, and grapes as the planets.

What is the ball representing?

• Jupiter

• Sun

• asteroid

• Moon

Multiple Choice

Many scientists have explored our solar system and stars. Claudius Ptolemy made a model of the solar system.

Now we know that this model is wrong. Based on the picture, the wrong theory is ____.

• the center of the solar system is the Earth

• the Earth orbit the Sun

• The sun is the center of solar system

• Venus is the furthest planet from the Sun

Multiple Choice

Based on the table, which planet takes the longest time to orbit the Sun?

• Earth

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Mercury

• Venus

Multiple Choice

A scientist that invented a telescope is ____.

• Claudius Ptolemy

• Galileo Galilei

• Omar Khayyam

• Nicolaus Copernicus

Multiple Choice

An object in space that orbits a larger object is...

• meteor.

• asteroid.

• comet.

• satellite.

Multiple Select

1.      There are thousands of satellites orbiting Earth.

Which of these is a natural satellite?

• Phobos

• the Hubble Space Telescope

• Moon of the Earth

• the International Space Station

Multiple Select

The Hubble Space Telescope is a large telescope orbiting Earth.

Which of these sentences about the Hubble Space Telescope are correct?

• It helps scientists make observations about space.

• It is a natural satellite of Earth.

• It takes 95 minutes to orbit Earth once.

• It is orbitting the Mars

Multiple Choice

Time taken by the Earth to rotate once is ....

• 24 minutes

• 24 hours

• 24 months

• 24 years

Multiple Select

Which of the following does the spinning of the Earth on its axis cause?

• A year

• The cycle of day and night

• The sun seems moving across the sky

• Season changes

Multiple Choice

If the Earth were to spin faster on its axis, which of the following statement would be true?

• Days and night would get longer

• The Earth would have no gravity

• Days and night would get shorter

• There are no days and night

Multiple Choice

Sunrise and sunset happen because of ____.

• the Earth rotation

• the Earth revolution

• the Sun rotation

• the Sun movement

Multiple Choice

• the Earth to spin on its axis

• the Earth to orbit the Sun

• the Sun to orbit the Earth

• Mars to move around the Sun

Multiple Choice

Based on the data in the table of planets rotation, the fastest planet is ____

• Uranus

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

Multiple Choice

The diagram shows the positions of Earth, in relation to the Sun, at different times of the year.

At which position will the Southern Hemisphere experience winter?

• A

• B

• C

• D