AFRA SCIENCE TERM 1 EXAM

Because the tilt of Earth's axis always points in the same direction, the seasons in the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere are always___

• the same

• opposite

• three months apart

• six months apart

The tilt of the Earth's axis causes the change in___

• seasons

• year

• tides

What would happen if Earth was not tilted toward or away from the Sun?

• daylight would last all day

• darkness would last ALL DAY

• days would be much longer and nights would be shorter

• days and nights would be about equal in length

Earth completes one full_ on its axis every 24 hours

• rotation

• revolution

• resolution

• reservation

When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, which season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?

• spring

• summer

• fall

• winter

____ is the path one object takes around another object.

• orbit

• rotation

• revolution

• spinning

__ complete pass around the sun

• rotation

• revolution

• resolution

• reservation

_complete spin on axis

• rotation

• revolution

• resolution

• reservation

Earth completes one full revolution every

• 24 hours

• 29 days

• 2 years

• 365 1/4 days

We do not feel Earth move beacuse __

• we move with earth as its rotates

• earth moves very slowly

• earth moves very fast

• earth does not move