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Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 19mins
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Class
Date
1.
When the Northern Hemisphere is pointing towards the sun, what season is the Southern Hemisphere?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Fall
d)
Summer
2.
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
3.
Which of the following statements is most accurate about the Movement of Earth and the Sun?
a)
The Sun revolves around the Earth
b)
The Earth rotates around the Sun
c)
The Earth revolves around the Sun
d)
The Earth rotates and revolves around the Sun
4.
_______ means to spin on its axis.
a)
Revolve
b)
Rotate
c)
Orbit
5.
_______ is the movement of an object around another object.
a)
Revolve
b)
Rotate
c)
Orbit
6.
The path of an object in space is known as its ________.
a)
Revolve
b)
Rotate
c)
Orbit
7.
Which season is the northern hemisphere experiencing?
a)
Spring
b)
Summer
c)
Fall
d)
Winter
8.
Which season is the northern hemisphere experiencing?
a)
Spring
b)
Summer
c)
Fall
d)
Winter
9.
When does the shortest day of the year happen?
a)
Spring (March) equinox
b)
Autumnal (September) equinox
c)
summer (June) solstice
d)
winter (December) solstice
10.
When does the longest day of the year happen?
a)
Spring (March) equinox
b)
Autumnal (September) equinox
c)
summer (June) solstice
d)
winter (December) solstice
11.
What is the name of a day in which day and night are of equal duration?
a)
solstice
b)
equinox
c)
axis
d)
hemisphere
12.
If its ____ in the Northern hemisphere, then its fall in the Southern hemisphere.
a)
spring
b)
summer
c)
fall
d)
winter
13.
What season is the Southern hemisphere in when the North Pole is leaning into the Sun?
a)
Summer
b)
Fall
c)
Winter
d)
Spring
14.
What would be the result if the Earth's axis was not tilted but straight up and down?
a)
Nothing would change
b)
There would be no seasons
c)
Days would get longer
d)
The Equator would burn up and the poles would freeze
15.
What causes Day and Night on Earth?
a)
The rotation of the Earth
b)
Earth moving farther from and closer to the Sun
c)
The Revolution of Earth
d)
The Sun moving around Earth
16.
If the Earth stopped rotating, What is one thing that would happen?
a)
Nothing would really happen
b)
There would no longer be 24 hours of day/night
c)
Seasons would no longer happen
d)
The earth would fly off into space
17.
Imaginary center that an object spins on is known as___________
a)
direct sunlight
b)
tilt
c)
axis
d)
indirect sunlight
18.
June 21st symbolizes what for people in the northern hemisphere?
a)
Winter Solstice
b)
Fall Equinox
c)
Spring Equinox
d)
Summer Solstice
19.
How long does it take the Earth to rotate?
a)
12 hours
b)
24 hours
c)
20 hours
d)
365 days
e)
365 1/4 days
20.
As the Earth orbits around the sun, the direction of the tilt of its axis changes.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
At position A, in the Northern hemisphere it would be _____?
a)
Summer
b)
Winter
c)
Spring
d)
Fall
22.
At position C, in the Northern hemisphere it would be _____?
a)
Summer
b)
Winter
c)
Spring
d)
Fall
23.
At position B, in the Northern hemisphere it would be _____?
a)
Summer
b)
Winter
c)
Spring
d)
Fall
24.
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.
25.
There is less daylight in the winter.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
Which movement of Earth causes day and night?
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
27.
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.
28.
If Earth rotated slower, we would have...
a)
shorter days.
b)
longer days.
c)
shorter years.
d)
longer years.
29.
The Northern Hemisphere gets __________ sunlight in the winter, which leads to _________ temperatures.
a)
less direct, hotter
b)
less direct, colder
c)
more direct, hotter
d)
more direct, colder
30.
In what month does the Sun's light strike Indiana at the lowest angle?
a)
March
b)
June
c)
September
d)
December
31.
The Earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees.
a)
23.5
b)
25.3
c)
30.2
d)
24
32.
Where on Earth can you experience entire days of darkness?
a)
The equator
b)
The poles
c)
The Tropic of Cancer
d)
The Tropic of Capricorn
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