Level 1
What causes Earth to have day and night?
a. Earth’s revolution
b. Earth’s rotation
c. Earth’s orbit
d. The Sun’s rotation
Answer: b. Earth’s rotation
What is the shape of Earth’s orbit around the Sun?
a. Circular
b. Elliptical
c. Spiral
d. Straight line
Answer: b. Elliptical
What is the Sun’s gravitational pull responsible for?
a. Pushing Earth away
b. Keeping Earth in orbit
c. Stopping Earth’s rotation
d. Causing equinoxes
Answer: b. Keeping Earth in orbit
What direction does Earth rotate?
a. Counterclockwise
b. Clockwise
c. Horizontally
d. Vertically
Answer: a. Counterclockwise
What is the main reason for different temperatures at different latitudes?
a. Earth’s distance from the Sun
b. The Moon’s gravitational pull
c. The angle of sunlight
d. Earth’s speed
Answer: c. The angle of sunlight
What is the imaginary line that Earth rotates around called?
a. Equator
b. Orbit
c. Rotation axis
d. Revolution line
Answer: c. Rotation axis
Which season begins in the Northern Hemisphere during the June solstice?
a. Winter
b. Spring
c. Summer
d. Fall
Answer: c. Summer
Why do temperatures differ between the equator and the poles?
a. The equator is closer to the Sun
b. The Sun’s rays hit the equator more directly
c. The poles are tilted toward the Sun
d. The Sun’s rays are weaker at the equator
Answer: b. The Sun’s rays hit the equator more directly
Which of these affects how much sunlight a region receives?
a. The Sun’s size
b. Earth’s rotation
c. The tilt of Earth’s axis
d. The Moon’s gravity
Answer: c. The tilt of Earth’s axis
What happens to the length of daylight during the June solstice in the Northern Hemisphere?
a. Daylight increases
b. Daylight decreases
c. Daylight stays the same
d. There is no daylight
Answer: a. Daylight increases
What is the tilt of Earth’s rotation axis?
a. 15 degrees
b. 45 degrees
c. 23.5 degrees
d. 10 degrees
Answer: c. 23.5 degrees
Which hemisphere experiences summer during the December solstice?
a. Northern Hemisphere
b. Southern Hemisphere
c. Both hemispheres
d. Neither hemisphere
Answer: b. Southern Hemisphere
What causes seasons to change?
a. Earth’s rotation
b. The Moon’s phases
c. Earth’s tilted axis and revolution
d. The Sun’s rotation
Answer: c. Earth’s tilted axis and revolution
What is a solstice?
a. When Earth is farthest from the Sun
b. When the Sun is directly above the equator
c. When the Sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky
d. When the day and night are equal
Answer: c. When the Sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky
What causes the Sun’s apparent motion across the sky?
a. The Sun moving in space
b. Earth’s rotation
c. The tilt of Earth’s axis
d. Earth’s revolution
Answer: b. Earth’s rotation
What is Earth’s revolution?
a. Earth spinning on its axis
b. Earth orbiting around the Moon
c. Earth orbiting around the Sun
d. Earth tilting its axis
Answer: c. Earth orbiting around the Sun
Answer: c. Earth orbiting around the Sun
What is caused by Earth’s rotation?
a. Seasons
b. Day and night
c. The Sun’s gravitational pull
d. Earth’s revolution
Answer: b. Day and night
What is the time of year when day and night are equal?
a. Solstice
b. Equinox
c. Summer
d. Winter
Answer: b. Equinox
What is the Sun’s diameter in miles if it is 1,390,000 km? (1 km = 0.621 miles)
a. 863,700 miles
b. 1,000,000 miles
c. 800,000 miles
d. 900,000 miles
Answer: a. 863,700 miles
Why does Earth have a spherical shape?
a. Gravity pulls matter into a sphere
b. The Sun’s energy shapes Earth
c. Earth’s rotation stretches it out
d. Earth’s orbit around the Sun shapes it
Answer: a. Gravity pulls matter into a sphere
What happens during an equinox?
a. Day and night are unequal
b. Earth’s axis is tilted the most
c. Day and night are equal
d. The Sun is closest to Earth
Answer: c. Day and night are equal
How long does it take Earth to complete one revolution?
a. 24 hours
b. 30 days
c. 365.25 days
d. 12 hours
Answer: c. 365.25 days
What happens during the March equinox?
a. Winter begins
b. Summer begins
c. Day and night are equal
d. Earth is farthest from the Sun
Answer: c. Day and night are equal
What season begins in the Southern Hemisphere during the September equinox?
a. Spring
b. Summer
c. Fall
d. Winter
Answer: a. Spring
How would increasing air pollution impact clouds?
a. More clouds would form due to additional particles
b. Fewer clouds would form
c. Clouds would move faster
d. Air pollution doesn’t affect clouds
Answer: a. More clouds would form due to additional particles