Earth's Rotation Science Quiz

The rotation of Earth causes:

• Seasons

• Day and night

• Tides

• Weather changes

Fill in the blank: Earth rotates on its axis from west to east. It takes ___ hours for Earth to rotate once on its axis.

• 24

• 12

• 18

• 36

When it is summer in the United States, it is winter in Brazil. How can two places have a different season at the same time of year?

• Because they are in different hemispheres

• Because they are at different altitudes

• Because they are in different time zones

• Because they have different climates

What causes the seasons?

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's orbit and tilt

• The sun's movement

• Earth's distance from the sun

Fill in the blank: The path that Earth takes around the sun is called an ______.

• orbit

• ellipse

• trajectory

• circle

Earth is divided into halves called ______.

• hemispheres

• continents

• oceans

• poles

What season is it where you live?

• Spring

• Summer

• Autumn

• Winter

In June, what season is occurring in the Southern Hemisphere?

• Summer

• Winter

• Spring

• Fall

When the North Pole is tilted toward the sun, what happens to that part of Earth?

• It has darkness for nearly 24 hours

• It has about 24 hours of daylight

• It experiences fall

• It experiences spring

A constellation is:

• a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern

• a single star in the sky

• a planet in the solar system

• a type of galaxy