Top 100+ Earth Quiz Questions and Answers - 2

Question: 6

The speed of rotation of the earth is

(A) 25km/sec.

(B) 31km/sec.

(C) 39.5km/sec.

(D) 9.72km/sec.

Question: 7

Vernal Equinox occurs on

(A) March 21

(B) June 21

(C) September 23

(D) December 21

Question: 8

Days and nights are equal throughout the globe when Sun is above

(A) Poles

(B) Tropic of Cancer

(C) Tropic of Capricorn

(D) Equator

Question: 9

The size of the earth was first measured by

(A) Isaac Newton

(B) Eratosthenes

(C) Copernicus

(D) Galileo

Question: 10

The fixed path along which the earth revolves round the sun is called

(A) The earth’s orbit

(B) The celestial sphere

(C) The elliptic path

(D) The ecliptic plane