Earth's Rotation

Q.

The Earth rotates in which direction?

1. Equally in both the directions

2. From east to west

3. From west to east

4. Does not rotate at all.

Q. What would have happened if the Earth did not rotate?

Q.

The red figure is congruent to the blue figure. Describe a sequence of rigid motions between the figures.

Q.

What is a normal unit vector?

Q.

How many types of motion does the Earth have?

1. 1

2. 4

3. 3

4. 2

Q. “The Earth is round and rotates on its own axis.” Which Indian mathematician made this claim?

1. Aryabhatta
2. Brahmagupta

Q.

What is the daily motion of the earth?

Q. All the four objects in their respective function do _______.

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

Q. What would have happened if the Earth did not rotate?

Q. Describe rotational motion.

Q. What are the two motions of the Earth?

1. Rotation
2. Inclination
3. Linear motion
4. Revolution

Q. The movement of the earth about its axis is known as _______.

1. inclination
2. revolution
3. straight line motion
4. rotation

Q. Earth, when seen from the top of the north pole, will be seen rotating in anti-clockwise (against the rotation of clock's dial) direction.

1. False
2. True

Q. The circle that divides the globe into day and night is called _________.

1. circle of illumination
2. circle of darkness
3. circle of day and night
4. circle of inclination