Earth's Motion & Eclipses MCQs with Answers

The Earth takes to revolve around the sun.

• A.365 days
• B.364 days and 6 hours
• C.365 days and 6 hours
• D.366 days

What is the Earth's path around the Sun called?

• A.Orbit
• B.Axis
• C.Rotation
• D.Revolution

What is the primary cause of seasons on Earth?

• A.Earth's tilt on its axis
• B.Earth's varying distance from the Sun
• C.Changes in the Sun's energy output
• D.Earth's rotation on its axis

Past Paper MCQ

Solar (Sun) Eclipse occurs when _?

• A.The Earth comes between the moon and the sun
• B.The moon comes between the earth and the sun
• C.The sun comes between the earth and the moon
• D.The Earth moves away from the sun

The earth has types of movements at the same time.

• A.2
• B.3
• C.4
• D.5

What is caused by the revolution of the Earth around the Sun?

• A.Day and Night
• B.Phases of the Moon
• C.Tides in the Ocean
• D.Summer and Winter

The Sun shines vertically on the Equator _?

• A.Once a year
• B.Twice a year
• C.Four times a year
• D.None of these

Day and night are equal on:

• A.21st March
• B.21st June
• C.22nd December
• D.4th July

The Earth is rotating constantly and in direction.

• A.East
• B.West
• C.North
• D.South

What is the position of the Earth when it is at the greatest distance from the sun called?

• A.Perihelion
• B.Aphelion
• C.Apogee
• D.Perigee