Earth’s Orbit & Rotation

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What causes day and night?

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Earth's rotation on its axis.

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How long does it take for the Earth to do one rotation on its axis?

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24 hours.

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What causes the need for time zones?

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Earth's rotation on its axis.

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What is the phenomenon that provided evidence against a geocentric model called?

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Stellar parallax.

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How long does it take the Earth to orbit around the sun?

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365.25 days.

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What is Earth's orbit?

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The path Earth takes as it moves around the Sun.

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What is rotation?

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The spinning of Earth on its axis.

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What is an axis?

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An imaginary line that goes through the center of the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole.

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What is the difference between rotation and revolution?

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Rotation is the spinning of Earth on its axis; revolution is the orbit of Earth around the Sun.

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What is a time zone?

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A region of the Earth that has the same standard time.