Class: VI Subject Worksheet

Date: 31\10\23 No.

Rotation & Revoluton 6

Rotation and Revolution

I. Choose the correct option.
a. The spinning movement of the Earth on its axis from west to east causing
day and night is known as _______.
i. Rotation iii. Equinox
ii.Revolution iv. Equator
b. The circular line that separates night from day is called _______.
i. Solstice iii. Equator
ii. Circle of illumination iv. Land of the midnight Sun
c. The year with 366 days is called a _______.
i. Good year iii. Long year
ii. Leap year iv. None of them
d. This causes seasons on the Earth.
i. Rotation iii. Revolution
ii. Sun iv.Waxing of Moon
e. The Sun’s rays fall directly on the Tropic of Cancer on _______.
i. 25th December iii. 1st January
ii. 14th April iv. 21st June

II. Briefly answer the following questions.

a. Why does it seem that the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west?
b. What do you understand by the term elliptical orbit?
c. How many days are there in a leap year?
d. How many equinoxes do we witness in a year?
e. Explain revolution & its effects with the help of diagram.

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III. The following facts are related either to rotation or revolution. Place them in the
right column.

Rotation Revolution
a. a.
b. b.
c. c.

a. It causes seasons.
b. At a certain time in the year, the Earth on its orbit is at its farthest distance
from the Sun.
c. The Sun seems to rise in the east and set in the west.
d. The Earth takes about 24 hours to complete the movement.
e. The circle of illumination is related to this movement.
f. The tilt of the Earth’s axis has a major effect on the distribution of sunlight
that the Earth receives.

IV. Mark the following as True or False.

a. The imaginary line on which the Earth rotates is called the axis.
b. The Earth rotates from east to west.
c. It takes 366 days and 6 hours for the Earth to complete one revolution
around the Sun.
d. Days and nights are always of equal duration all through the year at the
Equator.
e. On 22nd December, the Sun’s rays fall vertically on the Tropic of
Capricorn.

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