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Earth’s Tilt and Rotation Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What causes day and night on Earth?

a)

The Earth’s revolution around the Sun

b)

The Earth’s tilt

c)

The Earth’s rotation on its axis

d)

The Moon’s orbit around the Earth

2.

How long does it take Earth to make one full rotation?

a)

1 hour

b)

24 hours

c)

365 days

d)

12 hours

3.

Which of the following is true about Earth’s tilt?

a)

It always points straight up and down

b)

It causes different parts of Earth to receive different amounts of sunlight

c)

It changes direction every month

d)

It makes the Moon revolve faster

4.

The reason we have seasons is because:

a)

Earth’s distance from the Sun changes

b)

Earth’s axis is tilted as it revolves

c)

Earth spins faster in summer

d)

The Moon blocks sunlight

5.

Why does the Northern and Southern Hemisphere experience opposite seasons?

a)

One side is closer to the Moon

b)

The Earth's spin changes

c)

When one hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, the other is tilted away

d)

One has more oceans than land

6.

Earth’s rotation causes the seasons.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The Earth revolves around the Sun once a year.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Day and night happen because the Sun moves around Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

When one side of Earth faces the Sun, it is daytime there.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

. The axis of Earth is an imaginary line through the center.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

If Earth were not tilted on its axis, what would happen?

a)

There would be no seasons.

b)

The length of a day would double.

c)

The Earth would stop rotating.

d)

The Moon would disappear.

12.

Earth’s tilt and rotation work together to affect what we see in the sky by:

a)

causing the changing seasons and the daily rising and setting of the Sun

b)

making the Moon appear larger at night

c)

causing earthquakes and volcanic eruptions

d)

making stars twinkle more brightly