Lesson 2 Part 1 Quiz draft

1. An imaginary line between the North and South Poles that passes through Earth.

• Orbit
• Revolution
• Axis
• Rotation

2. The movement of one object around another.

• Orbit
• Revolution
• Axis
• Rotation

3. A path one object makes as it moves around another.

• Orbit
• Revolution
• Axis
• Rotation

4. A complete turn.

• Orbit
• Revolution
• Axis
• Rotation

5. What causes day and night?

• Earth's rotation
• The tilt of the Earth
• Earth's revolution
• The latitude of a location

6. Earth is divided into 24 standard time zones because...

• the time zones are a few hours per mile.
• Earth rotates west and the day starts earlier in the west.
• it would be too confusing if each town had its own time zone.
• it depends on the lines of latitude.

7. What causes changes in the seasons?

• Earth's rotation
• High and low latitudes
• Earth's tilt and orbit
• How close the Earth is to the sun

8. When a hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, it is _______________ in that hemisphere.

• night time
• day time
• winter
• summer

9. What term refers to the period when hours of daylight are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in the other?

• Seasons
• Equinox
• Time zone
• Solstice

10. What term refers to the period when hours of daylight and hours of darkness are equal everywhere on Earth?

• Solstice
• Time Zone
• Equinox
• Season