Earth axis, equator, poles 1

What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres called?

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Tropic of Cancer

• Prime Meridian

Which pole is located at the northernmost point on Earth?

• North Pole

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

• South Pole

What is the latitude of the equator?

• 45 degrees

• 0 degrees

• 180 degrees

• 90 degrees

What is the Earth's axis?

• An imaginary line that runs through the North and South Poles

• A line that runs through the Tropic of Cancer

• A line that runs through the East and West Poles

• A line that runs through the Equator

Which pole is located at the southernmost point on Earth?

• Equator

• South Pole

• North Pole

• Tropic of Cancer

What causes the Earth to rotate on its axis?

• Friction with the atmosphere

• Magnetic field of the Earth

• Gravitational pull from the Moon

• Conservation of angular momentum

What is the approximate circumference of the Earth at the equator?

• approximately 20,000 kilometers

• approximately 60,000 kilometers

• approximately 10,000 kilometers

• approximately 40,075 kilometers

Which pole experiences continuous daylight during the summer solstice?

• South Pole

• Tropic of Cancer

• North Pole

• Equator

What is the tilt of the Earth's axis in degrees?

• 45 degrees

• 10 degrees

• 30 degrees

• 23.5 degrees

Which pole experiences continuous darkness during the winter solstice?

• North Pole

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

• South Pole