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Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
Date
1.
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.
2.
What do June 21 and December 21 have in common?
a)
equinox dates
b)
the moon is full
c)
solstice dates
d)
the cold fronts blow in
3.
What are the reasons for the season?
a)
Earth's tilt & rotation
b)
Earth's tilt & revolution
c)
Earth's rotation & rovolution
d)
Earth's tilt & resolution
4.
What does axis mean?
a)
An imaginary line about which a body rotates.
b)
EARTH
c)
50
d)
the sun.
5.
What happens to our shadow when the sun is low in the sky?
a)
It gets shorter
b)
It gets longer
c)
It is not visible if it is sunny
6.
Your shadow is the shortest at...
a)
sunrise
b)
sunset
c)
noon
d)
nighttime
7.
Takes about 24 hours to complete one
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
8.
This motion is in the counterclockwise direction and moves west to east.
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
9.
The seasons change as the Earth orbits around the sun
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
10.
Completed in one year
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
11.
Spinning of the Earth on its axis is called...
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
c)
orbit
d)
double axis
12.
The sun appears to move across the sky each day. What causes this?
a)
the spinning of the Earth's axis
b)
The path of the sun around the Earth
c)
the production the nuclear energy around the sun
d)
the tilt of the Earth on its axis
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