Earth and Moon Quiz

What is the difference between revolution and rotation?

• Revolution is the spinning of Earth on its axis, while rotation is the movement of Earth around the Sun.

• Rotation is the spinning of Earth on its axis, while revolution is the movement of Earth around the Sun.

• Revolution and rotation both refer to the spinning of Earth on its axis.

• Rotation and revolution both refer to the movement of Earth around the Sun.

What is Earth’s period of revolution and rotation?

• 24 hours and 365 days

• 365 days and 24 hours

• 30 days and 24 hours

• 24 hours and 30 days

To what degree is the Earth tilted on its axis?

• 15 degrees

• 23.5 degrees

• 45 degrees

• 90 degrees

What state of matter is the Sun?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Plasma

What causes seasons?

• The distance of Earth from the Sun

• The tilt of Earth's axis

• The speed of Earth's rotation

• The shape of Earth's orbit

What is an equinox?

• When the day is longer than the night

• When the night is longer than the day

• When day and night are of equal length

• When the Sun is closest to the Earth

How many equinoxes do we have in a year? What are they? When do they occur?

• One, Spring Equinox, March

• Two, Spring and Autumn Equinoxes, March and September

• Two, Summer and Winter Equinoxes, June and December

• Four, one for each season

What are solstices?

• When the Sun is directly above the equator

• When the Sun is at its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon

• When day and night are of equal length

• When the Earth is closest to the Sun

How many solstices do we have in a year? What are they? When do they occur?

• One, Summer Solstice, June

• Two, Summer and Winter Solstices, June and December

• Two, Spring and Autumn Solstices, March and September

• Four, one for each season

Explain how intensity of sunlight differs at the equator and poles.

• The equator receives less intense sunlight than the poles.

• The poles receive more intense sunlight than the equator.

• The equator receives more intense sunlight than the poles.

• The intensity of sunlight is the same at the equator and poles.