Seasons

What was the name of the French scientists who discovered that the Earth was moving?

• Albert Einstein

• Leon Foucault

• Isaac Newton

• None of these

What is the line that divides the Earth into North and South hemisphere called?

• North Pole

• Pendulum

• Equator

• Axis

What is the name of the imaginary line that passes through Earth?

• Rod

• Poles

• Axis

• Pendulum

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From which pole can Earth be seen as rotating counterclockwise?

• South Pole

• North Pole

• North Hemisphere

• South Hemisphere

It takes the Earth ___________ to revolve around the sun.

• 1 month
• 24 hours
• 365 days
• a leap year

Earth completes one full ___________ on its axis every 24 hours.

• rotation
• revolution
• resolution
• reservation 

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Which part of Earth is experiencing night?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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If the earth rotated slower, how would that affect the length of the day?

• longer day
• shorter day
• same time,  24 hours

The sun moves through our sky in which direction?

• South to North

• East to West

• North to South

• West to East

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A solstice is...

• When the sunlight is farthest from the equator, causing uneven days and night

• When the sunlight is at the equator causing equal length day and night

• When convergent plates push up a mountain

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