Season Change and Latitudes

Q.

The Earth rotates in which direction?

Q. The Northern and Southern Hemispheres experience the same seasons during the same time of the year.

1. True
2. False

Q. The apparent Southward movement of the Sun from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn is called Dakshinayanam.

1. True
2. False

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?

1. Yes, it was the winter solstice in India and hence one of the longest days of the year.
2. No, it was the heat and humidity that made him feel that way.
3. Yes, it was the summer solstice in India and hence one of the longest days of the year.
4. No, it was his tiredness and jet lag that led him to believe so.

Q. On what days of the year is the Sun exactly above the Equator and day and night are of equal lengths?

1. Solstices
2. Equinoxes
3. Auroras
4. Primaries

Q. Which of the following is responsible for the change in seasons?

1. Rotation of the Earth
2. Revolution of the Earth
3. Rotation of the Moon
4. Revolution of the Moon

Q. When does the Northern Hemisphere get its summer solstice?

1. March 21
2. June 21
3. September 21
4. December 21

Q. The longest day for the northern hemisphere is called ________ Solstice.

1. Summer
2. Winter
3. Autumn
4. Spring

Q. Around _______ the northern hemisphere gets greater amount of direct sunlight during day time compared to the southern hemisphere.

1. June
2. September
3. January
4. March

Q. In an equinox, sun shines directly over the ______.

1. North pole
2. Tropic of Cancer
3. Equator
4. Tropic of Capricon

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.

1. Autumn
2. ToCp to Equator
3. Winter
4. Equator to ToCp
5. Spring
6. ToCn to Equator
7. Summer
8. Equator to ToCn

Q. The ____________ marks the extreme Northern point until which sun rays hit the Earth directly.

1. North pole
2. Tropic of Cancer
3. Equator
4. Tropic of Capricon

Q. Smita's mother, Ritu, lived in Karnataka while Smita stayed in another state in India. Ritu told her that at her place, it was too hot in the afternoon as the Sun was just above the head. Smita told her mother that at her place, she had never seen the Sun overhead and had always seen it to the south of the zenith. Assuming this conversation to have taken place on 22 June, Smita might be living in which of the following states in India?

1. Kerala
2. Telengana
3. Maharashta
4. Punjab

Q. Sun's motion southwards from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn on December 22 is called ___________.

1. Utharayanam
2. Dakshinayanam
3. Saratkalam
4. Sisirakalam

Q. What marks the gradual increase in the length of the day in India?

1. Dakshinayanam
2. Vasantha
3. Utharayanam
4. Sarat

Q. Pair the duration of the seasons to their corresponding seasons in the Northern Hemisphere.

1. March 21-June 21
2. Autumn
3. December 22-March 21
4. Winter
5. September 23-December 22
6. Spring
7. June 21-September 23
8. Summer

Q. ___________ is a parallel that marks the Southern limit of the area within which, at the Winter Solstice, the Sun does not rise.

1. Antarctic circle
2. Tropic of Cancer
3. Tropic of Capricon
4. Arctic circle

Q. Match the following terms relative to the Southern Hemisphere.

X - Equal day and night

1. Longest day
2. Longest night
3. X
4. Winter Solstice
5. Summer Solstice
6. Equinox

Q. Sort the following in chronological order of occurrence in a given year starting from January (in the Northern Hemisphere).

1. Summer solstice
2. Winter solstice
3. Spring equinox
4. Autumn equinox

Q. Around the month of September the Northern Hemisphere experiences ______________.

1. Summer
2. Winter
3. Autumn
4. Spring

Q. I am an imaginary latitude on the upper half of the Earth. I am one of the five major latitudes that mark the maps of the Earth. I pass through the regions of Greenland, Canada, Russia, Sweden, and a few other regions. Who am I?

1. Antarctic Circle
2. Arctic Circle
3. Tropic of Cancer
4. Tropic of Capricorn

Q. The motion of the _______ from the point of view of a person from ________is called the apparent motion of the sun.

1. Sun, Moon
2. Sun, Earth
3. Earth, Sun
4. Earth, Moon

Q. Equinox happens in which of the following months?

1. June
2. September
3. March
4. January

Q. Pair the latitudes with their corresponding names.

1. 23.5 N latitude
2. Antarctic Circle
3. 66.5 N latitude
4. Tropic of Capricorn
5. 66.5 S latitude
6. Tropic of Cancer
7. 23.5 S latitude
8. Arctic Circle

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.

1. Both statements are false.
2. Both statements are true.
3. Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false.
4. Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true.

Q. Select all that is true for Utharayanam.

1. It is the northwards movement of the Sun from the Tropic of Capricorn to the Tropic of Cancer.
2. It is marked by the gradual increase in the length of the day in India.
3. It is due to the Southern Hemisphere tilted towards the Sun.
4. 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?

1. Spring
2. Summer
3. Autumn
4. Winter

Q. Dakshinayanam is marked by days in India when compared to Utharayanam.

1. longer
2. shorter
3. nearly equal