1. Write your name/period on answer sheet
Chapter 10, Section 1 - Quiz
Bubble in the correct answer on your Answer Sheet.
Write your name/period on answer sheet
Bubble in & write your student number in the space provided. If you do not fill the number space leave the blank at the END!

2. The time required for the Earth to rotate once on its axis is called a(n)
a. 24 hours 56 min.
b days
c. 23 hrs. 56 min.
d. 1 year

3. 2. When the sun is directly above the equator, and days and nights are equal all around the world, it is called a(n) __________.
a. solstice.
b. rotation.
c. equinox.
d. hemisphere.

4. Seasons b. Solstice c. Earth’s Rotation d. Equinox
_____ 3. a direct cause of daylight and night
_____ 4. caused mainly by the 23.5° tilt of Earth’s axis
_____ 5. causes an equal amount of daylight and nighttime hours all over the world
_____ 6. when the day of the year is either the longest/shortest.
Seasons
b. Solstice
c. Earth’s Rotation
d. Equinox

5. 7. If it’s the longest day of the year and summer in the Southern Hemisphere, it is the __________ and ________ in Tennessee.
A. shortest day of the year, summer
B. summer solstice, summer
C. vernal equinox, winter
D. winter solstice, winter

6. True
False
The Earth’s distance from the sun is the most important factor in the seasons.

7. A. True
B. False
The Earth revolves around the sun
in a prograde, or counter-clockwise,
revolution.

8. A. True
B. False
December 21st or 22nd, the Solstice, has the shortest amount of
daylight hours in the Southern Hemisphere.

9. A. True
B. False
If the axis in your hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, you are experiencing winter.

10. 12. The season that occurs
after summer is __________.
Winter
Spring
Fall
Autumnal Equinox

11. 13. If it is Spring in Tennessee, what season is it currently in the Northern Hemisphere?
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall

12. 14. What is the EXACT amount of Earth’s tilt?
23 degrees
24.5 degrees
365.2 degrees
23.5 degrees

13. 15. What are the two factors that cause seasons on Earth?
Earth’s Rotation and Revolution
Earth’s Revolution and Equatorial position
Earth’s tilt and Revolution
Earth’s tilt and Rotation