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Earth's Motion Quiz

Quiz by Jennifer Chang

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20 questions
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  • Q1
    The Earth's orbit is shaped like:
    a year
    a square
    an ellipse
    a circle
    30s
  • Q2
    What season occurs when the axis is pointed away from the sun?
    spring
    winter
    fall
    summer
    30s
  • Q3
    Solstices occur during which two seasons?
    spring and winter
    fall and spring
    summer and winter
    summer and fall
    30s
  • Q4
    What are the two motions of Earth?
    ellipse and revolution
    rotation and revolution
    rotation and rotational axis
    rotation and circle
    30s
  • Q5
    It takes Earth _______ to rotate one time around.
    365 1/4 days
    12 hours
    24 hours
    365 days
    30s
  • Q6
    It takes about __________ for Earth to make one revolution around the sun.
    365 days
    400 days
    365 1/4 days
    24 hours
    30s
  • Q7
    Earth is tilted on its ________.
    revolution
    axis
    hemisphere
    rotation
    30s
  • Q8
    Earth _________, or follows a path around the sun.
    rotates
    flies
    orbits
    tilts
    30s
  • Q9
    One complete orbit is also known as a _______________.
    hemisphere
    revolution
    rotation
    rotational axis
    30s
  • Q10
    The hemisphere tilted towards the sun receives _____________ daylight hours than the hemisphere tilted away from the sun.
    more
    equal
    none of the above
    less
    30s
  • Q11
    This is the day when earth's rotational axis is neither titled nor away from the sun.
    Christmas
    solstice
    equinox
    summer
    30s
  • Q12
    Earth's orbit is an _____________, or an elongated, closed curve.
    square
    ellipse
    circle
    egg
    30s
  • Q13
    During the solstice, the days are ________ and the nights are __________.
    short, long
    equal, short
    long, equal
    long, short
    30s
  • Q14
    The December solstice usually occurs on _______________.
    December 20/21
    January 20/21
    February 20/21
    March 20/21
    30s
  • Q15
    The earth's _________ and _________ causes the seasons the change.
    tilt, motion around the sun
    rotation, tilt
    tilt, weather
    solstice, equinox
    30s

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