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Earth-Sun Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The tilt of the Earth affects...

a)

Equator/daylight

b)

temperature and the Equator

c)

day/night AND temperature

d)

Prime Meridian and darkness

2.

The solstice is when __________________ and ___________________________ seasons begin.

a)

summer & spring

b)

summer & winter

c)

summer & fall

d)

spring & fall

3.

The equinox is when the ____________ and __________ seasons begin.

a)

summer & spring

b)

fall & summer

c)

summer & winter

d)

spring & fall

4.

If it is summer in the Northern hemisphere then it is ________________ in the Southern Hemisphere.

a)

winter

b)

summer

c)

spring

d)

fall

5.

If it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere then it is ____________________ in the Southern Hemisphere

a)

winter

b)

summer

c)

spring

d)

fall

6.

The United States is in which hemisphere?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

7.

What season are we in right now?

a)

summer

b)

spring

c)

winter

d)

fall

8.

STARTING with #2 (picture number 2): which is the correct order of seasons?

a)

2-sping, 3-summer, 4-fall, 1-winter

b)

2-winter, 3-spring, 4-summer, 1-fall

c)

2-summer, 3-fall, 4-winter, 1-spring

d)

2-fall, 3-winter, 4-spring, 1-summer

9.

The Earth ______________ around the sun. It takes 1 year for the Earth to complete 1 ___________________ around the sun.

a)

tilts; spins

b)

rotates; rotation

c)

revolves; revolution

d)

climate; weather

10.

The earth _________ on its axis, an imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to South Pole through the center of the earth. It takes 1 day to complete a _________________ (24 hours).

a)

latitude; longitude

b)

rotates; rotation

c)

revolves; revolution

d)

climate; weather

11.

Climate is...

a)

the average weather over a long period of time.

b)

the daily changes in the atmosphere (air).

12.

Weather is...

a)

the average weather over a long period of time.

b)

the daily changes in the atmosphere.