This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 6 > Class 6 Geography Chapter 3 Motions Of The Earth – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 Geography Chapter 3 Motions Of The Earth Quiz 10 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. F the Earth stopped rotating, what would happen? A) E) The Earth would collapse under its own gravity. B) F) Seasons would become irrelevant. C) A) Continuous day on one side and continuous night on the other. D) G) The atmosphere would be sucked into space. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A) Continuous day on one side and continuous night on the other. 2. The Earth is constantly spinning on its axis, like you might spin a basketball on your finger.It is this spinning of the Earth that causes: A) The summer-time heat. B) The need for a leap year. C) The changes in the seasons. D) The cycle of night and day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The cycle of night and day. 3. What is the shape of the Earth's orbit around the Sun? A) Hexagonal. B) Spiral. C) Triangular. D) C) Elliptical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C) Elliptical. 4. How long does it take the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun? A) 27 and 1/3 days. B) 128 years. C) 365 days. D) 31 weeks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 365 days. 5. On 23 september A) Sun is overhead the equator. B) Moon is overhead the equator. C) Sun is overhead the tropic of cancer. D) Moon is overhead the tropic of cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sun is overhead the equator. 6. Imagine:It's Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. What will happening in the Southern Hemisphere A) It will experience the Autumnal Equinox. B) It will experience the Vernal Equinox. C) It will experience the Winter Solstice. D) None of the options. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It will experience the Winter Solstice. 7. The earth revolves along its orbit at what speed? A) 26.9 km per second. B) 29.6 km per second. C) 62.9 km per second. D) 69.2 km per second. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 29.6 km per second. 8. What happens during an equinox? A) F) Seasons change abruptly. B) E) The sun rises in the west. C) C) Days and nights are equal. D) G) The Earth is flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C) Days and nights are equal. 9. Australia is located in the southern hemisphere and it celebrates Christmas during summers. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. How many motions does earth has ..... A) 2. B) 4. C) 6. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 11. The earth orbits around ..... A) The sun. B) The moon. C) Other planets. D) The Milky Way. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sun. 12. Winter Solstice occurs on ..... A) 21st June. B) 22nd December. C) 23rd September. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 22nd December. 13. The places on Earth experiences the which of following 6 stages and then dawn again A) Dusk, sunrise, midday, midnight, sunset, dawn. B) Dawn, sunrise, midday, dusk, sunset, midnight. C) Sunrise, dawn, midday, sunset, dusk, midnight. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dawn, sunrise, midday, dusk, sunset, midnight. 14. Why do we ignore 6 hours as a part of earth's revolution A) For fun. B) For no reason. C) To make our counting convenient. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make our counting convenient. 15. When the earth experiences equal hours of day and equal hours of night, it is called ..... A) Rotation. B) Summer Solstice. C) Equinox. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equinox. 16. The earth completes one rotation on its axis in ..... A) 12 hours. B) 22 hours. C) 24 hours. D) 30 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 24 hours. 17. Equinoxes (Spring and Autumn) and solstices (Summer and Winter) correspond are reverse to the conditions prevalent in ..... A) Eastern Hemisphere. B) Northern Hemisphere. C) Southern Hemisphere. D) Western Hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Southern Hemisphere. 18. When do you have the Autumn Equinox in the northern hemisphere? A) 13 September. B) 23 September. C) 23 November. D) 13 November. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 23 September. 19. The daily motions of the earth A) Rotation. B) Revolution. C) Function. D) Gravitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rotation. 20. The earth is tilted on its ..... A) Line. B) Equator. C) Axis. D) $_{}$core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Axis. 21. The circle which divides the day and night on the globe is called A) Orbit. B) Axis. C) Circle of illumination. D) Circle of orbital plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circle of illumination. 22. The earth travels around the sun in ..... orbit. A) Extra Ordinary. B) Elliptical. C) Illimination. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elliptical. 23. Who discovered asteroids and in what year A) Johan Bode discovered asteroids in the year 1900. B) Jan Bode discovered asteroids in the year 1700. C) Johan Bode discovered asteroids in the year 1800. D) Non of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Johan Bode discovered asteroids in the year 1800. 24. Earth's orbit shape is ..... A) Ecliptic. B) Circle. C) Cylinder. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecliptic. 25. When the sun is highest in the sky, the time is A) Midnight. B) Spring. C) Morning. D) Solar noon. 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