Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which picture demonstrates rotation?
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How does the number of hours of daylight compare to
the number of hours of darkness on March 20, the first day of spring in the Northern
Hemisphere?
a. | The hours of daylight and darkness are the
same. | b. | The number of hours of daylight and darkness cannot be
predicted in advance. | c. | There are more
hours of darkness than daylight. | d. | There are more
hours of daylight than darkness. |
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Daylight in the Northern Hemisphere lasts longer in
summer than in winter, and the change in the length of day happens in a predictable pattern. Which
statement correctly explains this condition of Earth's environment?
a. | The Sun moves closer to Earth in summer and farther away
in winter. | b. | Earth turns slower
in summer than it does in winter. | c. | Earth, with its
tilted axis, moves around the Sun in a predictable way. | d. | There is a predictable change in the amount of heat and light given off by the
Sun. |
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What does the tilt of Earth’s axis have to do with the length of a
day?
a. | the tilt affects the length of the Sun’s path across the sky | c. | when one hemisphere
is tilted away from the sun, the Earth’s orbit slows down | b. | the tilt has nothing
to do with the length of the day |
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When the North Pole is tilted toward the Sun, the
Southern Hemisphere experiences
a. | winter. | c. | summer. | b. | fall. | d. | spring. |
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During which season are the days the longest?
a. | Spring | c. | Summer | b. | Autumn | d. | Winter |
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Which is a result of the tilt of Earth's
axis?
a. | years | c. | days | b. | months | d. | seasons |
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What is happening when the Northern Hemisphere is having winter?
a. | the Southern Hemisphere is having autumn | c. | the Southern Hemisphere is having
spring | b. | the Southern Hemisphere is having summer | d. | the Southern Hemisphere is also having
winter |
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What is July at the South Pole like?
a. | always nighttime | c. | always daylight | b. | 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of
darkness |
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Why can it be hot where you live?
a. | because the Earth is closest to the Sun | c. | the moon is sending light to the
Earth | b. | the Sun is giving out more energy at that time of year | d. | your part of the world is receiving direct
sunlight |
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