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The average distances on the perihelion and aphelion is:
(a) 100 km
(b) 149.5 km
(c) 180.5 km
(d)185 km
Days and nights are equal throughout the globe when sun is above: in
(a) Poles
(b) Equator
(c) Tropic of Cancer
(d) Tropic of Capricorn
____________________ is the period of time when the Earth is at its closest approach to the sun, resulting in summer in the northern hemisphere.
(a) Perihelion-
(b) Aphelion
(c) Perigee
(d) Apogee
The amount of time it takes for moonlight to travel to the Earth is:
(a) 3 seconds
(b) 1.3 seconds
(c) 3.5 seconds
(d) 5 seconds
The temperature at the Earth’s core is estimated to be about:
(a) 1000℃
(b) 1500℃
(c) 2000℃
(d)2500℃
The heat that the earth absorbs from the sun is called:
(a) Solar radiation
(b) Insolation
(c) Solar heat
(d) Thermal radiation
The summer solstice in the southern hemisphere is on:
(a) December 22
(b) November 20
(c) July 20
(d) March 25
Equinox happens when the sun is directly above the horizon.
(a) Tropic of Capricorn
(b) equator
(c) Poles
(d) Tropic of Cancer
Earth’s equatorial diameter is approximately:
(a)12756 km
(b) 15000 km
(c) 16000 km
(d)10000 km
What’s the best way to describe the shape of the earth?
(a) Eclipse
(b) Geoid
(c) Globe
(C) Sphere
Earth’s rotation is the fastest:
(A) Along the of equator
(B) At the North Pole.
(C) Along the Tropic of Cancer
(D) Along the Artic circle