The Nature Quiz
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What do you know about your home planet? Answer these questions on some of the simple fundamental ideas about how our world works.
- 1.Which is the best explanation for why we have seasons?
- A.
The sun has an annual cycle of getting hotter and colder.
- B.
The earth is tilted on its axis and different areas receive a different intensity of sunlight at different times.
- C.
Wind and oceans patterns change through the year causing different seasons.
- D.
The earth has an elliptical orbit and gets closer to and further away from the sun.
- 2.In June, how does the length of daylight hours change as you head south from the equator?
- A.
Gets longer
- B.
Gets shorter
- C.
No change
- 3.
- A.
Two per day.
- B.
One per day.
- C.
One per week.
- D.
One per month.
- E.
Two per month.
- F.
One per year.
- 4.
- A.
A year later.
- B.
Six months later.
- C.
A month later.
- D.
Two weeks later.
- E.
The next week.
- F.
The next day.
- 5.
- A.
It doesn't.
- B.
The moon rises 50 minutes later each day.
- C.
The moon rises 50 minutes earlier each day.
- D.
The moon rises as the sun sets each day.
- 6.
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
- E.
5
- F.
6
- G.
7
- H.
8
- I.
9
- J.
10
- 7.Red sky at night, shepherds' delight.... Which of the following is true about this saying? (more than one answer possible)
- A.
It's complete nonsense.
- B.
It first appears in the bible.
- C.
High pressure systems cause small particles to float in the air scattering all but red light.
- D.
It is somewhat true if the prevailing wind direction is from the east.
- E.
It is somewhat true if the prevailing wind direction is from the west.
- 8.
- A.
12 hours
- B.
15 and a half hours
- C.
18 and a half hours
- D.
13 and a half hours
- 9.Betelgeuse and Rigel are stars in which constellation?
- A.
Orion
- B.
The big dipper
- C.
The little dipper
- D.
Leo
- E.
Gemini
- F.
Taurus
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