Our Planet, the Earth

What is the meaning of orbit?

• The square-shaped path the Earth travels around the sun.

• The circular-shaped path the Earth travels around the sun.

• The oval-shaped path the Earth travels around the sun.

• The imaginary line running through Earth.

It takes 365 1/4 days, or one year, for the Earth to complete one _________ around the sun.

• rotation

• revolution

• axis

• orbit

The Earth turns (spins) around on its _______.

• side

• South Pole

• North pole

• axis

The Earth takes 24 hours to complete a _________.

• rotation

• revolution

• longitude line

• latitude line

An imaginary latitude line that is located above the equator is called the ______________.

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

The __________________ is a latitude line that circles the globe below the equator.

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

What causes the Earth to have seasons?

• It is because the equator is in the middle of the globe.

• It is because it is titled on an axis.

• It is because of the latitude lines that circle the globe.

The area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn is called ___________________ and is also known as the tropics.

• middle latitudes

• low latitudes

• high latitudes

The Artic Circle and the Antarctic Circle are known as polar zones. Which latitudes are these considered to be?

• low latitudes

• middle latitudes

• high latitudes

The temperate zones are known as the ___________________.

• low latitudes

• middle latitudes

• high latitudes