Earth moon & sun quiz #1 CH 19 - sections 1-3

The picture seen here represents Earth's ___.

• revolution

• rotation

• orbit

• seasons

Out of the sets of terms, which 2 are most closely related?

• rotation, equinox

• equinox, summer

• orbit, rotation

• revolution, orbit

Out of the sets of terms, which 2 are most closely related?

• summer, equinox

• spring, solistice

• fall, equinox

• fall, solstice

Earth experiences seasons because___.

• the sun goes through warmer and cooler phases

• in winter, the Earth's orbit carries it far away from the sun

• the Earth's tilted axis causes the distribution of direct sunlight to vary throughout the year

• the Earth's orbit is slanted while it travels around the sun

Based on the diagram, with sunlight coming from the left of the globe, people in the northern hemisphere are beginning to enter___.

• summer

• spring

• winter

• fall

Select the city that experiences its summer solstice on December 21.

• New York City, United States

• London, England

• Montreal, Canada

• Santiago, Chile

The dates on which neither the northern or southern hemisphere is titled toward or away from the sun are called___.

• equinoxes

• solstices

• leap years

• March 17

Earth's ___ is responsible for giving us day and night.

• tilt

• orbit

• rotation

• revolution

A solstice marks the beginning of ___ or ___.

• summer, fall

• winter, summer

• fall, winter

• fall, spring

A equinox marks the beginning of ___ or ___.

• summer, fall

• winter, summer

• fall, winter

• fall, spring