EQUINOX
Cancer and Capricorn.
One of the two moments in a year when the sun appears overlead at the equat
day of equinox, the day and night are of equal length
The plane formed by the orbit is known as the orbital plane.
ORBITAL PLANE
TIME TO LEARN
A. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
1. The annual movement of the Earth round the sun
a) Rotation
(b) Revolution
(c) Orbit
(d) Inclination
2. Direct rays of the sun fall on the Tropic of Cancer on
(a) 21st March
(b) 21st June
(c) 23rd September (d) 22nd December
3. The phenomenon of change of seasons is caused due to
(a) Rotation
(b) Revolution
(c) Movement of the sun
(d) Spherical shape of the Earth
4. A leap year has
(a) 365 days
(b) 365xth days let 366 days
(d) 366 days 6 hours
5. Which of the following is called Land of the Midnight Sun?
(a) North Cape in Norway
(b) Tokyo in Japan
(c) Sydney in Australia
(d) Nagaland in India
6. On which of the following days, the day and night are of equal duration throughout the world?
Answers
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Answer-:
On 21st June and on 22nd December
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Answer:
1) a - Rotation
2) b - 21st June
3) b - Revolution
4) c - 366 days
5) a- North Cape in Norway
6) Twice a year on 21st March and 23rd September.
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