St

.Andr
ewsScot
sSr
.Sec.
School
9thAv
enue,
I.P.Ext
ensi
on(
Pat
par
ganj
)
Subj
ect
-Soci
alSci
ence (
2020-
21)
Cl
ass-VI
GEOGRAPHYL-
3MOTI
ONSOFTHEEARTH
I
V.Answert
hef
oll
owi
ngquest
ionsi
nbr
ief
.
1.TheEart
h’saxisi
sincli
nedatanangleof661/2°withtheplaneof
theEar
th'
sorbitandit
sincli
nat
ionfr
om theper
pendi
culartotheorbi
t
i
s231/ 2°
.Thisti
lti
scall
edtheincl
i
nati
onoftheEart
h’saxis.
2.Atanyonemomenti nti
me,onehal foftheEart
hisinsunl
i
ght,
Whil
etheotherhal
fisindarkness.Theedgedivi
dingt
hedayl
ight
fr
om ni
ghti
scall
edtheci
rcl
eofil
luminat
ion.
3.Thet
womot
ionsoft
heEar
thar
erot
ati
onandr
evol
uti
on.
4.Thet
hreef
actor
sresponsi
blef
orseasonsar
ether
evol
uti
onoft
he
Eart
har
oundthesun,r
otat
ionoft
heEarthansi
tsi
ncl
i
nedaxis.
5.Duetovert
icalsunr
aysontheequat
or,t
hedayandni
ghtar
eequal
on21stMarchand23r dSept
emberiscal
l
edequi
nox.
6.Ever
yfour
thy
ear
,whi
chhas29day
sinFebr
uar
yiscal
l
edal
eap
year
.
NOTE:
-Thesearet
heanswersofGeographychapt
er-
3.Ki
ndl
ynot
e
downt
hequesti
onsiny
ourcopyfr
om thebook.