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Movements of Earth

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The imaginary circle that divide the day from night on the globe, is called as_______________

a)

A. Orbit of revolution

b)

B.Rotation axis

c)

C. Circle of illumination

d)

D. Evening line

2.

Date of Equinoxes is________________.

a)

A. 21 march

b)

B. 23 september

c)

C. none of the above

d)

D. A and B both

3.

Earth completes its rotation around its axis in________________.

a)

A. 96 hours

b)

B. 24 hours

c)

C. One year

d)

D. One week

4.

What is on 23rd September?

a)

A. Summer Solstice

b)

B. Autumnal Equinox

c)

C. Winter Solstice

d)

D. Vernal Equinox

5.

Which of the following is also called the March Equinox?

a)

A. Autumnal Equinox

b)

B. Summer Solstice

c)

C. Winter Solstice

d)

D. Vernal Equinox

6.

What is the date when Southern hemisphere has the shortest daylight duration of the day?

a)

A. 21st March

b)

B. 23rd September

c)

C. 21st June

d)

D.22nd December

7.

Which of the following months have 28 days?(not a leap year)

a)

A. February

b)

B. July

c)

C. November

d)

D. All the months

8.

What causes change of season or Wheather?

a)

A. Change in climate.

b)

B. Earth's rotation around sun.

c)

C . stationary earth around the sun.

d)

D. Change in month.

9.

What will happen if the earth stops rotating?

a)

A. There won't be any seasonal changes.

b)

B. There would be seasonal changes.

c)

C. Rotation around earth.

d)

D. vernal equinox.

10.

How many types of zones are there in earth?


a)

1: 2

b)

2: 5

c)

3: 10

d)

4: 3

11.

How many days does a normal year has?

a)

A. 363 and 4 hours

b)

B. 365 and 6 hours

c)

C. 356 days and 6 hours

d)

D. 366 days

12.

What makes a leap year a leap year?

a)

A. The 6 hours taken extra to complete a year

b)

B. The autumnal equinox being on 23rd September

c)

C. The 4 hours taken extra to complete a year.

d)

D. The summer solstice being on 21st May

13.

Earth's rotation occurs in which direction_____________.

a)

East to West

b)

West to East

c)

North to South

d)

South to North

14.

Which is the correct statement______________________.

a)

Sun revolves around earth

b)

Earth revolve around moon

c)

Moon and Earth revolve both around Sun

d)

Earth revolves around Sun

15.

What is Horizon?

a)

a) The point where the sky and the surface meet.

b)

b) When the Earth completes a round around the Sun.

c)

c) When the move completes a round around the Moon.

d)

d) When the Sun is covered by the Moon.

16.

What will happen if the earth is not tilted?

a)

a) There will be no day and night.

b)

b) We won't see different phases of the Moon.

c)

C) The Earth will stop having different seasons.

d)

d) None of the above.

17.

The Earth is tilted at an angle of _____.

a)

a) 25.3

b)

b) 24.5

c)

c) 23.5

d)

d) The Earth is not tilted.

18.

Arjun lives in Dehli. It's summer but he wants to do Ice skating. Where should he go to do Ice Skating?

a)

a) Nevada (U.S.A.)

b)

b) Victoria (Australia)

c)

c) Rome (Italy)

d)

d) Paris (France)

19.

Why are Earth's poles the coldest?

a)

a) Because they don't have Greenhouse Gasses

b)

b) Because they are covered with clouds.

c)

c) Because they receive the least sunlight.

d)

d) Earth's Poles are not cold.