This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 6 > Class 6 Geography Chapter 3 Motions Of The Earth – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 6 Geography Chapter 3 Motions Of The Earth Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. N which season Christmas is celebrated in Australia? A) Summer. B) Winter. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summer. 2. Earth takes 365 days & 6 hours while Mars takes more than 686 days to complete one revolution A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. How do we experience day and night on Earth? A) Day and night are caused by the Earth's orbit around the Moon. B) The Sun moves around the Earth, causing day and night. C) Day and night are determined by the position of the stars in the sky. D) The Earth rotates on its axis, causing day and night. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Earth rotates on its axis, causing day and night. 4. THE MOVEMENT OF THE EARTH AROUND THE SUN IS KNOWN AS A) ROTATION. B) REVOLUTION. C) INCLINATION. D) NON OF ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) REVOLUTION. 5. When there is summer in the northern hemisphere, it is spring in he southern hemisphere. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. What speed does the earth revolve at? A) 70, 103 mph. B) 44, 397 mph. C) 66, 627 mph. D) 63, 941 mph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 66, 627 mph. 7. Value of perihelion A) 152 million km. B) 146 million km. C) 147 million km. D) 147.5 million km. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 147 million km. 8. The rise and fall of tides is due to A) Rotation. B) Revolution. C) Perihelion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rotation. 9. What causes the change in seasons on Earth? A) Axial tilt and orbit around the sun. B) The movement of tectonic plates. C) The Earth's magnetic field. D) The rotation of the moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial tilt and orbit around the sun. 10. Motion of the earth around the sun is known as A) Revolution. B) Rotation. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Revolution. 11. Summer days are hotter than winter days because in summer ..... A) Earth is closer to the sun. B) The sun gives off more energy. C) Earth northern axis is tilted toward the sun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth northern axis is tilted toward the sun. 12. One Earth day is of ..... hours A) 22. B) 12. C) 16. D) 24. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 24. 13. The circle that divide day from the night on the globe is called as ..... A) Circle of Illumination. B) Circle of Solar Plane. C) Circle of Division. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circle of Illumination. 14. As large portion of the Northern Hemisphere receives light from sun, it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere. A) Winter Solstice. B) Summer Solstice. C) Equinox. D) Circle of illumination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Summer Solstice. 15. A year is usually divided into A) Two seasons. B) Three seasons. C) One season. D) Four seasons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Four seasons. 16. In which direction does the Sun set? A) North. B) South. C) East. D) West. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) West. 17. When the whole earth experiences equal days and equal nights are called? A) Summer Solstice. B) Equinox. C) Winter Solstice. D) Elliptical Orbit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equinox. 18. What causes deflection in the winds and ocean currents A) Rotation. B) Tides. C) Revolution. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rotation. 19. What is the motion of the earth around the sun known as? A) Solstice. B) Rotation. C) Revolution. D) Equinox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Revolution. 20. The Earth takes about ..... hours to complete one rotation. A) 30. B) 24. C) 20. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 24. 21. The part which faces the sun has- A) Night. B) Day. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Day. 22. When is the earth said to be at perihelion? A) When the earth is farthest to the Sun. B) When the earth is farthest to the moon. C) When the earth is nearest to the Sun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When the earth is nearest to the Sun. 23. The Winter Solstice occurs on: A) B) 22nd December. B) 22nd March. C) 21st September. D) 20th December. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B) 22nd December. 24. It takes earth approximately ..... time to revolve around the sun A) 364. B) 365. C) 356. D) 346. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 365. 25. State true or false-Northern hemisphere experiences summer in the summer solstice and winter in the winter solstice. A) True. 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