KS3 SPACE - L3 - The Earth and Seasons

6.1 It takes Earth _________ to make one complete rotation on its axis.

• 24 hours

• 365 days

• 28 days

• 24 days

6.1 What happens when the area you live in tilts away from the sun?

• It is summer

• It is spring

• It is fall

• It is winter

6.1 Which causes the day-and-night cycle on earth?

• Earth moving around the sun

• The sun moving around the Earth

• The tilt of the Earths axis

• Earth spinning on its axis

6.2 If it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?

• Spring

• Autumn

• Winter

• Summer

6.2 It takes Earth _____________ to make one revolution or orbit around the Sun.

• 365 days

• 365 hours

• 28 days

• 24 hours

6.3 Changing seasons are caused by which of the following?

• The tilt of Earth's axis

• The Earth's daily rotation

• The revolution of the Moon

• The distance of the Earth from the Sun

What does the rotation of the Earth cause us to experience?

• seasons
• year
• day & night
• eclipse

Because of the direction that the Earth rotates on it's axis, in what direction does the sun "appear to rise" every day?

• north
• south
• east 
• west

Day & night are caused by the ______________ of Earth on its axis

• revolution
• orbit
• rotation
• tilt of the axis

At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?

• Northern hemisphere
• Southern hemisphere