MOTIONS OF THE EARTH

____________ IS THE MOVEMENT OF THE EARTH ON ITS AXIS.

THE CIRCLE THAT DIVIDES THE DAY FROM NIGHT ON THE GLOBE IS CALLED THE CIRCLE OF ELLIPTICAL CIRCLE

• TRUE

• FALSE

THE SECOND MOTION OF THE EARTH AROUND THE SUN IN ITS ORBIT IS CALLED _____________.

• illumination

• Rotation

• orbital plane

• Revolution

HOW MANY DAYS ARE THERE IN A LEAP YEAR?

Direct rays of the sun fall on the equator on _________________

• 21 March

• 21 July

• 21 December

• 21 October

Christmas is celebrated in _____________ in Australia

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Autumn

DAYS ARE SHORTER DURING ___________ season

• Summer

• Winter

• Autumn

• Spring

THE EARTH TRAVELS AROUND THE SUN IN __________ ORBIT.

• SOLSTICE

• ILLUMINATION

• ROTATION

• ELLIPTICAL

IT IS SUMMER IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WITH LONGER DAYS AND SHORTER NIGHTS . THE REVERSE HAPPENS IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE . THIS POSITION IS CALLED THE WINTER _________________ .

• Solistice

• Sulistick

• Solistick

• Soslistick

THE EARTH TAKES ABOUT 24 HOURS TO COMPLETE ONE ROTATION AROUND ITS AXIS . THE PERIOD OF ROTATION IS KNOWN AS THE _____________.