Moving Earth Quiz

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How long does it take the earth to make one complete revolution?

• 24 hours

• 365 days

• 7 days

• 60 minutes

What is the main cause of the changing seasons?

• The earths rotation

• The earths revolution

• Earth's distance from the sun

• The tilt of Earth's rotational axis

Where on the globe do seasons and days tend to change little over the course of the year?

• near the equator

• near the north pole

• near the south pole

• near the prime meridian

According to the text, how did the Earth's tilt change after the collision with the rocky orb?

• It tilted by 13 degrees

• It shifted by more than a degree

• It tilted 23.5 degrees

• It tilted 33.4 degrees

Select the location that would be Winter in the Northern Hemisphere

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Which area of the Earth receives the more direct and concentrated sunlight?

• The Equator

• The North Pole

• Rugby North Dakota (Geographical center of North America)

What is the reason the earth stays at it constant tilt?

• the earth's elliptical orbit

• the moons gravity

• giant impacts

• the length of the day

What would one result of the earth having no tilt?

• The year would be more than 365 days

• There would be more than 24 hours in a day

• The earth would have 12 hour days and nights everywhere

• The north pole would be colder than the south pole