Earth’s Tilt and Rotation Quiz

What causes day and night on Earth?

• The Earth’s revolution around the Sun

• The Earth’s tilt

• The Earth’s rotation on its axis

• The Moon’s orbit around the Earth

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How long does it take Earth to make one full rotation?

• 1 hour

• 24 hours

• 365 days

• 12 hours

Which of the following is true about Earth’s tilt?

• It always points straight up and down

• It causes different parts of Earth to receive different amounts of sunlight

• It changes direction every month

• It makes the Moon revolve faster

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The reason we have seasons is because:

• Earth’s distance from the Sun changes

• Earth’s axis is tilted as it revolves

• Earth spins faster in summer

• The Moon blocks sunlight

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Why does the Northern and Southern Hemisphere experience opposite seasons?

• One side is closer to the Moon

• The Earth's spin changes

• When one hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, the other is tilted away

• One has more oceans than land

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Earth’s rotation causes the seasons.

• True

• False

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The Earth revolves around the Sun once a year.

• True

• False

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Day and night happen because the Sun moves around Earth.

• True

• False

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When one side of Earth faces the Sun, it is daytime there.

• True

• False

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. The axis of Earth is an imaginary line through the center.

• True

• False