The Earth :

1. The earth rotates around its axis from ………….

Ans. West to East

2. The word used to describe the shape of earth is ……………

Ans. oblate spheroid

3. The mean radius of the earth is approximately …………….

Ans. 6400 km

4. Summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere occurs on ……

Ans. December 22

5. One degree of the circumference of the earth measures

(approx) ………..

Ans. 111 km