Physics 0625 · IGCSE · The Earth and the Solar System

The Earth and the Solar System — practice question

Fig. 10.1 illustrates the route followed by the Earth as it travels around the Sun. X marks a place on the Earth from which scientists track the Sun’s apparent motion over the course of the year.
(a)[2]

Determine the number of days the Earth needs to travel from F to G around its orbit. Explain your answer.

(b(i))[1]

Identify which position of the Earth corresponds to summer at X.

(b(ii))[1]

Identify which position of the Earth corresponds to winter at X.

(c)[3]

Calculate the mean radius of the Earth’s orbit.

(d)[1]

Earth is a planet in the Solar System. State one more type of naturally occurring object that occurs in the Solar System.

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