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Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 3600secs
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Class
Date
1.
Why do globes lean sideways?
a)
To allow them to spin easier.
b)
To demonstrate the tilt of Earth's axis.
c)
To demonstrate the effects of gravity.
d)
To demonstrate day and night.
2.
What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?
a)
It is summer.
b)
It is spring.
c)
It is winter.
d)
It is fall.
3.
Why does the area around the equator stay the same temperature all year?
a)
The equator rotates slower than the poles.
b)
The equator remains the same distance from the sun.
c)
The equator always receives direct sunlight.
d)
The equator has 18 hour days.
4.
What causes the seasons to change?
a)
The warming and cooling of Earth's core.
b)
The distance from the sun.
c)
Earth's tilt in relation to the sun.
d)
Earth's rotation on its axis.
5.
Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 1?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
6.
Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 2?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
7.
Which season is taking place in the Northern Hemisphere in Position 3?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
8.
Which season is taking place in the Southern Hemisphere in Position 4?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
9.
What is Earth's annual motion around the sun called?
a)
Rotation
b)
Revolution
10.
One rotation of Earth is equal to
a)
a day.
b)
a year.
11.
How long does Earth take to make a complete rotation?
a)
365 days
b)
24 hours
12.
Objects in the sky appear to move from _______ to _______.
a)
East to West
b)
West to East
c)
North to South
d)
South to North
13.
What would seasons be like if Earth's axis were straight up and down?
a)
Seasons would be the same.
b)
Seasons would be more extreme.
c)
The whole world would experience summer.
14.
If Earth rotated slower, we would have...
a)
shorter days.
b)
longer days.
c)
shorter years.
d)
longer years.
15.
Which climate zone experiences 4 seasons?
a)
Polar
b)
Temperate
c)
Tropical
d)
None
16.
Which movement of Earth causes day and night?
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
17.
What are the reasons for the seasons?
a)
Earth's tilt and rotation.
b)
Earth's rotation and revolution.
c)
Earth's tilt and revolution.
d)
Earth's tilt and resolution
18.
A unit of measurement used in astronomy that is the distance between the Earth and the sun.
a)
light year
b)
astronomical unit (AU)
c)
leap year
d)
kilometer
19.
There is less daylight in the winter.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
What season is it in the northern hemisphere, in illustration A?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
21.
What season is it in the southern hemisphere, in illustration A?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
22.
What season is it in the northern hemisphere, in illustration B?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
23.
What season is it in the southern hemisphere, in illustration B?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
24.
What season is it in the southern hemisphere, in illustration D?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Summer
d)
Fall
25.
When its summer in the Northern Hemisphere, its ______ in the Southern Hemisphere
a)
melting
b)
Winter
c)
slipper
d)
Fall
26.
A cycle is something that happens over and over again, like the seasons and day & night.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Maybe
d)
Not sure
27.
As the Earth travels around the sun, this tilt causes different areas of the Earth’s surface to get different amounts of daylight at different times of the year. The angle of the Sun’s rays to the surface also causes areas to have more or less of the Sun’s energy. This causes the ________.
a)
months
b)
day and night
c)
seasons
d)
years
28.
Which term best describes the movement the Earth experiences as it spins on its axis?
a)
Tilt
b)
Orbit
c)
Rotation
d)
Revolution
29.
What hemisphere is experiencing winter if Australia is in its summer season?
a)
west
b)
east
c)
north
d)
south
30.
What the coldest places on earth?
a)
north hemisphere
b)
south hemisphere
c)
poles
d)
equartor
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