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- 3 km
- 30 km
- 300 km
- 3,000 km
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Correct answer: C. 300 km
The orbital speed is about 29.8 km/s, so 10 seconds covers roughly 300 km.
Olympiad (Class 6) Earth and its environment — practice questions — page 2
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Earth moves about 30 km every second in orbit. How far does it go in 10 seconds?Read the answer and worked solution →Counting outward from the Sun, which position does Earth hold among planets?Read the answer and worked solution →What mainly causes the change of seasons on Earth?Read the answer and worked solution →Earth is nearest the Sun in early January, yet India has winter. Why?Read the answer and worked solution →Above the Arctic Circle, the Sun can stay visible all day in summer. What is this called?Read the answer and worked solution →In the Northern Hemisphere, what occurs near 21 June?Read the answer and worked solution →It is summer in the Northern Hemisphere. What season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?Read the answer and worked solution →About 2.5 percent of Earth's water is fresh. How many litres of every 1,000 litres is that?Read the answer and worked solution →Where is most of Earth's fresh water stored?Read the answer and worked solution →Seawater holds about 35 g of salt per kg. A 2 kg sample, once dried, leaves about how much salt?Read the answer and worked solution →Flowing glaciers carve which shape of valley?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of the four spheres corresponds to living things?Read the answer and worked solution →Which sphere is the layer of soil on Earth's land surface?Read the answer and worked solution →Which item is an abiotic factor in a pond ecosystem?Read the answer and worked solution →Which pair below is made up only of biotic factors?Read the answer and worked solution →Which cycle moves carbon among air, water, soil and living things?Read the answer and worked solution →In the water cycle, water changes among which three states?Read the answer and worked solution →Which nutrient moves mostly through rocks, water and living things, with almost no air stage?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the main driver of the oxygen cycle?Read the answer and worked solution →Which element makes up the largest share of Earth's whole mass?Read the answer and worked solution →Which metal is the main component of Earth's core?Read the answer and worked solution →Apart from leftover formation heat, Earth's interior is warmed mainly by what?Read the answer and worked solution →What separates the crust from the mantle?Read the answer and worked solution →Which rock mainly forms the oceanic crust?Read the answer and worked solution →About what fraction of the air's mass lies in the lowest 11 km?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere?Read the answer and worked solution →The troposphere is thickest, about 17 km, over which region?Read the answer and worked solution →The thermosphere can reach 1500 °C, yet it would not feel hot. Why?Read the answer and worked solution →Earth is the only planet in the Solar System with what on its surface?Read the answer and worked solution →
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Counting outward from the Sun, which position does Earth hold among planets?
- Second
- Third
- Fourth
- Fifth
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Correct answer: B. Third
Earth is the third-closest planet to the Sun.
What mainly causes the change of seasons on Earth?
- Distance from the Sun
- Phases of the Moon
- Speed of rotation
- Tilt of its axis
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Correct answer: D. Tilt of its axis
Because of the axial tilt, the sunlight reaching any place changes through the year and gives seasons.
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