Season Change and Latitudes
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Q. The longest day for the northern hemisphere is called ________ Solstice.
- Summer
- Winter
- Autumn
- Spring
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What is the distance between the moon and the sun?
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Which of the following is a time interval ?
the time you wake up
The time you take for a bath
The time when school gets over
the time when you go to bed
Q. Around the month of September the Northern Hemisphere experiences ______________.
- Winter
- Autumn
- Spring
- Summer
Q. Sun's motion southwards from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn on December 22 is called ___________.
- Utharayanam
- Saratkalam
- Sisirakalam
- Dakshinayanam
Q. Select the correct option based on the following statements.
Statement 1: Earth’s revolution makes the Sun travel from East to West.
Statement 2: Earth’s rotation makes the Sun travel from North to South throughout the year.
Statement 1: Earth’s revolution makes the Sun travel from East to West.
Statement 2: Earth’s rotation makes the Sun travel from North to South throughout the year.
- Both statements are false.
- Both statements are true.
- Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true.
- Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false.
Q. Equinox happens in which of the following months?
- June
- September
- March
- January
Q. Select all that is true for Utharayanam.
- It is the northwards movement of the Sun from the Tropic of Capricorn to the Tropic of Cancer.
- It is marked by the gradual increase in the length of the day in India.
- It is due to the Southern Hemisphere tilted towards the Sun.
- It contains the Summer Solstice on June 21.
Q. Elena, a PhD student at the Department of Astrophysics in a well-known university in Scotland, was tracking the apparent motion of the Sun for her experiments. On one weekend, she went to meet her non-university friends. They were making fun of her saying that she was very absent-minded and didn't pay much attention to things around her. To prove their point, they asked her what season they were currently in? Just like her friends had expected, she wasn't quick to answer. But she remembered from her experimental observations that in the previous season, the apparent motion of the Sun was from the Equator to Tropic of Cancer and she was correctly able to predict the current season. What was her answer?
- Spring
- Summer
- Autumn
- Winter
Q. Around _______ the northern hemisphere gets greater amount of direct sunlight during day time compared to the southern hemisphere.
- June
- September
- January
- March
Q. Marcellus came to India from Australia to tour the country and get a better understanding of the country's culture and tradition. He landed in the famous 'City of Dreams' Mumbai at night and began exploring the city the next day. He had expected the place to be hot and humid but he felt like it was one of the longest days in his life. He also recalled that just 5 days ago, he had celebrated his birthday at his hometown of Perth on 16th June. Was there any truth to Marcellus' belief that the first day of his visit to India was one of the longest days he had experienced?
- Yes, it was the winter solstice in India and hence one of the longest days of the year.
- No, it was the heat and humidity that made him feel that way.
- Yes, it was the summer solstice in India and hence one of the longest days of the year.
- No, it was his tiredness and jet lag that led him to believe so.
Q. The motion of the _______ from the point of view of a person from ________is called the apparent motion of the sun.
- Earth, Sun
- Earth, Moon
- Sun, Moon
- Sun, Earth
Q. Hayley, who lives in York, England, decided to take a one-year break from work and go on a yearlong tour of the Americas. She planned on first covering Central and South America before finally completing her tour in North America. Her trip was to start on 1st October and end on 23rd July the following year. While she was packing for the trip, she was trying to figure out the seasons in the respective parts of the world when she would visit them. She noticed that exactly six months after starting her trip, she would be in Argentina. Can you help Hayley figure out what season Argentina would be having when she would be there?
- Spring
- Summer
- Autumn
- Winter
Q. Dakshinayanam is marked by days in India when compared to Utharayanam.
- longer
- shorter
- nearly equal
Q. In an equinox, sun shines directly over the ______.
- North pole
- Tropic of Cancer
- Equator
- Tropic of Capricon
Q. Sort the following in chronological order of occurrence in a given year starting from January (in the Northern Hemisphere).
- Summer solstice
- Winter solstice
- Spring equinox
- Autumn equinox
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Which of the following does not express a time interval?
A day
A second
A school period
Time of first bell in school
Q. What marks the gradual increase in the length of the day in India?
- Dakshinayanam
- Vasantha
- Utharayanam
- Sarat
Q. ___________ is a parallel that marks the Southern limit of the area within which, at the Winter Solstice, the Sun does not rise.
- Tropic of Cancer
- Tropic of Capricon
- Antarctic circle
- Arctic circle
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In what direction does the earth revolve around the sun?
Q. The ____________ marks the extreme Northern point until which sun rays hit the Earth directly.
- Equator
- Tropic of Capricon
- North pole
- Tropic of Cancer
Q. When does the Northern Hemisphere get its summer solstice?
- March 21
- June 21
- September 21
- December 21
Q. Pair the seasons of the Southern Hemisphere to the apparent movement of the Sun in those seasons.
NOTE: ToCn stands for Tropic of Cancer and ToCp stands for Tropic of Capricorn.
NOTE: ToCn stands for Tropic of Cancer and ToCp stands for Tropic of Capricorn.
- Autumn
- ToCp to Equator
- Winter
- Equator to ToCp
- Spring
- ToCn to Equator
- Summer
- Equator to ToCn
Q. Pair the latitudes with their corresponding names.
- 23.5 N latitude
- Antarctic Circle
- 66.5 N latitude
- Tropic of Capricorn
- 66.5 S latitude
- Tropic of Cancer
- 23.5 S latitude
- Arctic Circle