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WorksheetsOur Planet, Earth
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Imaginary line running through Earth between the North and South Poles.
Solstice
Axis
Equinox
Point at which everywhere on Earth, days and nights are nearly equal in length.
Revolution
Orbit
Equinox
Path one object makes as it circles around another.
Orbit
Revolution
Time Zone
Circular journey around the sun.
Solstice
Equinox
Revolution
Point at which days are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in another.
Winter
Summer
Solstice
If it is summer in the Northern hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern hemisphere?
Winter
Fall
Spring
How can days be short and cold in one hemisphere when they are long and hot in another?
That's just the way it is
Tilt of Earth's axis and the position of the sun
At one point in the year, the Earth always faces away from the sun.
Each complete turn that Earth makes is a called a ______.
Rotation
Orbit
Solstice
Who decided we should have time zones?
Government
Isaac Newton
Zeus
The center of Earth that is very hot metal.
Water
Core
Mantle
Thick, rocky layer around the core.
Mantle
Crust
Atmosphere
A thick layer of gases or air.
Crust
Landforms
Atmosphere
The thin layer of rocks and minerals that surrounds the mantle.
Water
Crust
Mantle
Earth is covered in 75% of this.
Landforms
Core
Water
