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WorksheetsHow Does Earth Move
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What causes day and night?
a)
revolution of Earth
b)
rotation of Earth
c)
orbit of Earth
d)
The moon blocks the Sun
2.
What takes a year?
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
3.
How long does it take for the earth to rotate around the sun?
a)
365 days
b)
365.5 days
c)
365 1/4 days
d)
about 365 1/4 days
4.
How long does earth's rotation last?
a)
90 hours
b)
about 1 hour
c)
24 hours
d)
about 24 hours
5.
What does earth's rotation cause?
a)
Hibernation
b)
Day and Night
c)
Four Season
d)
Flowers to grow
6.
What is earth's revolution?
a)
When earth orbits around the sun
b)
When earth bounces
c)
When the sun spins around the earth
d)
When the earth spins on it's axis
7.
How long does earth's revolution around the sun take?
a)
365 days (1 year)
b)
1 day
c)
1 month
d)
4 years
8.
What season is letter A?
a)
Winter
b)
Summer
c)
Spring
d)
Fall
9.
When the Northern Hemisphere is pointing towards the sun, what season is the Southern Hemisphere?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Fall
d)
Summer
10.
What are the reasons for the seasons?
a)
Earth's tilt and rotation.
b)
Earth's rotation and revolution.
c)
Earth's tilt and revolution.
d)
Earth's tilt and resolution
11.
What time of the year is the Earth closest to the Sun?
a)
in the summer
b)
in the winter
c)
in the fall
d)
in the spring
12.
Sunlight hits Earth’s surface most directly at the _______. Because of this, this particular area doesn't experience seasons.
a)
north pole
b)
south pole
c)
equator
13.
A cycle is something that happens over and over again, like the seasons and day & night.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Maybe
d)
Not sure
14.
At position C, which hemisphere would have winter?
a)
Northern hemisphere
b)
Southern hemisphere
15.
At position A, which hemisphere would have summer?
a)
Northern hemisphere
b)
Southern hemisphere
16.
As the Earth orbits around the sun, the direction of the tilt of its axis changes.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
There is less daylight in the winter.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
The reasons we have seasons is because the Earth is _______
a)
pie
b)
tilted
c)
melting
d)
water
19.
5. How many days does it take to go around the sun?
a)
300 days
b)
365 1/4 days
c)
3000 days
20.
7. The reason we have seasons is because we get closer and farther to the sun.
a)
True
b)
False
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