How Leap Year works?

How Leap Year works?

9th - 12th Grade

5 Qs

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How Leap Year works?

How Leap Year works?

Assessment

Passage

English

9th - 12th Grade

Medium

Created by

frances cottam

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5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many times does Earth rotate during one full orbit of the sun?

365.24219 times

366 times

365 times

364 times

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who came up with the solution to add a leap day every four years?

Augustus Caesar

Alexander the Great

Cleopatra

Julius Caesar

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What would happen if we didn't add a leap day?

The calendar would be 25 days off after 100 years

Christmas would always be in winter

Seasons would align perfectly with the calendar

The calendar would be 25 days off after 10 years

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why do we skip a leap day every 100 years?

To correct for the overcorrection of adding a leap day

To align the calendar with the lunar cycle

To make the calendar shorter

Because it's a tradition

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What event led to the creation of seasons?

The moon's gravitational pull

Something smashing into Earth and tilting its axis

Earth's rotation slowing down

A comet passing by Earth