GRADE 6. EARTH IN SPACE

Which of the following causes day and night?

• Earth's tilted axis

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Earth's orbit

Which of the following causes seasons?

• Earth's tilted axis

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Earth's orbit

The imaginary line that passes through Earth’s center and the North and South poles is called

• orbit

• hemisphere

• equator

• axis

In which direction does the Earth rotate?

• east to west

• west to east

• north to south

• south to north

_____________ is the movement of one object around another.

• equinox

• rotation

• revolution

• solstice

•The _____________ is a line that circles Earth in an east-west direction.

• equator

• prime meridian

• ellipse

• orbit

•The _____________ is a line that circles Earth in an east-west direction.

• equator

• prime meridian

• ellipse

• orbit

The longest day and shortest night or shortest day and longest night is called _________ .

• revolution

• equinox

• solstice

• season

The days when the duration of day and night are equal are

• revolution

• equinoxes

• solstices

• season

When it is summer in Southern Hemisphere, it is winter in

• Northern hemisphere

• Western hemisphere

• Eastern hemisphere

• Southern hemisphere