Planets
Earth
Measurements
True/False
100

This is the star that the planets in our solar system orbit.

What is the sun?

100

This is how long it takes the Earth to rotate once on its own axis?

What is one day?

100

This is the latitude that divides the globe in half.

What is the equator?

100

The Earth is tilted.

True.

200

This is how many planets there are in the solar system.

There are eight planets in the solar system.

200

This is how long it takes the Earth to revolve around the sun.

What is one year?

200

This is the longitude that divides the world in half.

What is the Prime Meridian?

200

The Earth spins.

True.

300

These two planets have rings around them.

What are Saturn and Uranus?

300

These are four seasons (in order).

What are spring, summer, fall, and winter?

300

This is how we measure the tilt of the Earth.

What are degrees?

300

Meridians are measured from zero degrees to ninty degrees.

False. They are measured from zero degrees to one hundred and eighty degrees.

400

These are the planets made of rock.

What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?

400

These the the two halves of the Earth diveded by the Prime Meridian.

What are the Western Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere?

400

This is marked by latitude first, then longitude.

What are coordinates?

400

Latitudes are measured from zero degrees to one hundred and eighty degrees.

False. latitudes are measured from zero degrees to ninty degrees.

500

These are the planets made of gas.

What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?

500

These are the two halves of the Earth divided by the Equator.

What are the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere?

500

True or false: if the Earth did not have a tilt then there would be no seasons.

True. In the summer the Earth is tilted towards the sun, making it warmer, and in the winter the Earth is tilted away fromt he sun, making it colder.

500

Coordinates can tell you exactly where you are anywhere on the Earth.

True. Coordinates cover the entire world and are measured using latitude and longitude.