Earth and Sun Notes Quiz

Why are there different time zones?

• because of the TV stations
• because the Earth receives sunlight at different times
• rotation of the Earth
• revolution of the Earth

The Earth's tilt is  at

• 23.5 degrees
• 50 degrees
• 10 degrees
• 32 degrees

The Earth takes 24 hours to

• revolve
• tilt
• rotate

The Earth takes 365 and one fourth day to

• revolve
• tilt
• rotate

The reason we have seasons is

• the Earth is tilted on it's axis
• the Earth revolves are the sun
• the Earth's orbit is a circle

Equinox 

• "think summer"
• "think winter"
• "think equal"

Equinox

• longest day
• 24 hrs night
• lasts 12 hr sunlight/12 hour night

Solstice

• shortest day Dec....longest day June
• longest day in Dec .... shortest day June

Why do we have leap year?

• because Feb is a fun month
• the 1/4 days added up and we put them together every four years
• Earth rotates
• Earth revolves

Is Earth straight up and down

• yes
• no