STF : Our Earth has two movements namely Rotation and Revolution

Question

If the sentence is true write T and if false write F against the following

1. Our Earth has two movements namely Rotation and Revolution.
2. The speed of Earth’s rotation increases from the equator towards the poles.
3. As the Earth rotates from east to west, the sun appears to move from west to east.
4. Dawn is the period or time of the day before sunrise.
5. The Coriolis concept was developed by Scientist Foucault.
6. The Earth’s axis always points to the North star in the Northern Hemisphere.

Answer

1. True
2. False; the speed of rotation is greater at the equator than at the poles.
3. True
4. True
5. False; although it was named after Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis.
6. False; the Earth’s axis points towards the direction of the North Star, but not always directly at it.