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WorksheetsChapter 23 Section #1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
A round, 3 dimensional object is called a _____________
Triangle
Circle
Sphere
Octagon
An imaginary vertical line around which Earth spins is called a __________________
Equator
The X Axis
The horizontal axis
Axis
The spinning of Earth on its axis that causes day and night is known as ____________________
Rotation
Revolution
Spinning
Earth's Tilt
Earth's yearly orbit around the sun is known as ____________
Evolution
The spinning on it's axis
Rotation
Revolution
Earth's orbit is an elongated closed curve known as a _______________
Elipse
Ellipse
Eclipse
Sphere
The day when the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator is a ___________________________
Solstice
Equinox
Eclipse
Ellipse
When the Sun is directly above Earth's equator it is known as ________________
Equinox
Solstice
Eclipse
Ellipse
Earth has a magnetic field like a bar magnet.
TRUE
FALSE
What causes seasons?
Earth's magnetic field
The position of the moon and sun
The tilt of Earth's axis
The revolution of the Earth
How long does one whole Earth revolution take?
60 days
24 hours
1 year
6 months
Earth's tilt also causes radiation from the Sun to strike the hemisphere at different angles.
TRUE
FALSE
Earth has a northern and southern _________________???
magnetic field
hemisphere
axis
hemisphere and magnetic field
What is considered Earth's satellite?
The stars
The planets
The sun
The moon
Does the distant between the Earth and the Sun stay constant?
No, because Earth's orbit is an ellipse
Yes, because if we got too close to the sun we would burn
I have no idea because I didn't read Chapter 23 Section 1
What is Earth's axis tilted at?
24 degress
48 degrees
23.5 degrees
21.5 degrees
The hemisphere that is tilted towards the Sun.......
Receives more daylight hours and is warmer
Receives less daylight hours and is colder
Has no affect on either of these
Experiences the seasons
There is a summer equinox and winter equinox
TRUE, this is a real thing
FALSE, it's summer solstice and winter solstice
During an equinox what is nearly equal all over the world?
The temperature
Daylight hours
Both daylight and nighttime hours
The seasons
Who was the Greek astronomer who suspected the Earth might be spherical?
Galileo
Mendeleev
Aristotle
Einstein
Why is Earth's magnetic field important?
To keep us from floating away
To keep the Earth in place in space
To help protect us from harmful solar radiation by trapping many charged particles from the Sun
To keep the aliens away
