The earth goes around the sun in an ________ orbit.
Fixed orbit
Elliptical orbit
Celestial orbit
None of these
The longest day in the Northern hemisphere.
March 21st
June 21st
July 21st
The earth takes about ________ hours to complete one rotation around its axis.
12
28
24
25
The earth takes _____________ days to revolve around the sun.
365 3/4
365 1/2
365
365.26
Due to __________ shape of the earth only half of its gets lights from the sun at time.
Rectangle
Square
Spherical
Triangle
Seasons change due to the change in the position of the earth around the
Mercury
Star
Moon
Sun
21st June is known as the ____________.
Summer solstice
Winter solstice
Spring solstice
Movement of Earth on its axis is called .
Revolution
Rotation
Inclination
Gravitation
_______________ means 'the sun standing still'.
Season
Equinox
Solstice
The movement of the Earth round the sun is called _____________.