Earth's Motion Around the Sun

Earth's Motion Around the Sun

8th Grade

11 Qs

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Earth's Motion Around the Sun

Earth's Motion Around the Sun

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8th Grade

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Created by

Jodi Seckar

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11 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Hours of daylight and nighttime are equal during a(n)

solstice

equinox

lunar eclipse

solar eclipse

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Earth ______________ on its axis causing day and night.

orbits

revolves

rotates

flips

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The yearly orbit of Earth round the Sun is called its

rotation

ellipse

tilt

revolution

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Summer occurs on the hemisphere of Earth that

turned away from the sun

tilted toward the sun

tilted away from the sun

turned toward the sun

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The line on which an object rotates is defined as

rotation axis

revolution axis

tilt axis

spin axis

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Not only is the summer solstice the longest day of the year, it is also the day on which

the Sun appears to be lowest in the sky

sunset comes earliest

the Sun appears to be highest in the sky

sunrise come latest

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which date is the Summer solstice in the Northern hemisphere?

March 21

December 21

June 21

September 21

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