How Does Earth's Orbit Affect The Seasons? Test Your Knowledge!
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- 1.The earth is a tilted planet. What is the degree of tilt?
- A.
Approximately 25 degrees
- B.
Exactly 25 degrees
- C.
23.5 degrees
- D.
90 degrees with respect to the sun
- 2.What does the earth's tilt cause?
- A.
The seasons
- B.
Day and Night
- C.
Tsunamis
- D.
Earthquakes
- 3.What is the shape of the earth's orbit around the sun?
- A.
Circular
- B.
Elliptical (slightly oval)
- C.
Square to rectangular
- D.
Variable and changes with the seasons (no particular shape)
- 4.Which of the following best describes the tilt of the earth during the spring and fall equinoxes?
- A.
The earth is tilted away from the sun (Northern hemisphere)
- B.
The earth is tilted neither toward or away from the sun (tilt is side to side)
- C.
The earth is tilted toward the sun (Northern hemisphere)
- D.
The earth is not tilted during spring and fall
- 5.
- A.
The northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun
- B.
The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun
- C.
The norther hemisphere is tilted neither toward or away from the sun
- D.
Why are you talking about the northern hemisphere when you asked about the southern hemisphere?
- 6.What effect does the tilt of the earth have?
- A.
It changes the angle that the sun strikes the earth in different land areas
- B.
It causes the earth to be farther away from the sun at different times of the year
- C.
When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have night
- D.
When the earth is tilted away from the sun we have day
- 7.
- A.
The earth is tilted neither toward or away from the sun
- B.
The norther hemisphere is tilted toward the sun
- C.
The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun
- D.
The southern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun
- 8.
- A.
Either the longest or shortest day of the year for a hemisphere
- B.
December 21 or 22
- C.
June 21 or 22
- D.
All of the above
- 9.The Arctic Circle receives several days each year where the sun never rises.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Each day past the summer solstice, the days get longer and longer until the fall equinox.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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