Moving Earth Quiz

Name

Class period

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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

• A
• B
• C
• D

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