Day, Night And Seasons
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A quiz for Year 7, 8 or 9 students getting to grips with the basics of local astronomy
Questions and Answers
- 1.The Earth moves around
- A.
The moon
- B.
The sun
- C.
In a circle
- D.
Backwards
- 2.REVOLUTION means to 'go all the way around a central point or object once'
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.How long does it take for the Earth to make one REVOLUTION around the sun?
- A.
365.25 days
- B.
365 days
- C.
A leap year
- D.
24 hours
- 4.An axis is a visible or imagined line that something revolves (turns) around.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.The Earth revolves around an ________.
- 6.In science, cycles are
- A.
Another word for a revolution
- B.
A method for finishing an experiment
- C.
Things that happen over and over again
- D.
Option 4
- 7.Tick all the options that involve cycles
- A.
The Seasons
- B.
The water cycle
- C.
Climate changing from interglacial to ice age over and over again
- D.
Day and night
- 8.What causes seasons on Earth?
- A.
Option 1
- B.
The distance between the sun and Earth
- C.
The tilt of the Earth's axis
- D.
The moon and the tides
- E.
The solar flare cycle
- 9.We get day and night because only one side of the Earth can face the __________ at a given point in time.
- 10.Which of the following is TRUE?
- A.
Day and night are always the same length
- B.
Day and night always add up to 24 hours
- C.
The tilt of the Earths axis changes throughout the year
- D.
Option 4
- 11.Tick all the places that are in the Northern Hemisphere
- A.
Scotland
- B.
New Zealand
- C.
China
- D.
Hawaii
- E.
Australia
- 12.The length of the day and night are NEVER exactly the same
- A.
True
- B.
False
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