Rotate and revolution

Rotate and Revolve

Please Glue down your Rotation and revolution notes

Constantly
rotation

axis

Sun

Eastern

Sunlight

Night

Day

24

Rotation

Earth

Earth

sun

sun

year

travel

not

seasons

tilt

causes

Earth

revolving

revolves

Revolution

something

traveling

Open Ended

What is the difference between Rotation and Revolution?

spinning

23

sun

summer

away

Earth

revolves

not

distance

sun

Seasons

towards

away

Earth

towards

winter

revolves

Multiple Choice

What causes seasons?

• The tilt of the Earth's axis and its orbit around the Sun.
• The distance from the Earth to the Sun.
• The rotation of the Earth on its axis.
• The phases of the Moon.

solstice

Northern

longest

daylight

summer

June 21st

Southern

winter

December

Winter

northern

indirect

Fewer cools

Southern Toward

Summer

March

September

Sun

March

Northern

equal

Sunlight

Equinox

spring

Night time
sunlight

12

equal

Equator

Equinox

12

December

June

gain

12

warmer

Summer

southern

daytime

March

Fall

opposite

daylight

12

December

September

Fall

Equinox

12

9

decrease

23

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Why do the northern and southern hemispheres not have the same seasons?

Multiple Choice

The diagram shows Earth spinning on

its axis. What would happen if Earth spun on its

axis faster than it does now?

• Earth would be hotter.

• A day would be shorter than 24

  hours.

• A year would be longer than 365

  days.

Multiple Choice

how many days does it take for the earth to rotate around the sun

• 24 hours/1day

• 365 day/1 year

• 7 day/1 week

Multiple Choice

what would happen if the earth was moving faster

• the days would be faster

• the days would be slower

• the days would be like it is now

Multiple Choice

how many hours does it take for the the to rotate on its axis

• 24 hours/1 day

• 365 days/1 year

• 7 days/1 week

Multiple Choice

what is a axis

• a imaginary line that goes through south and the north pole

• a stick the that holds up the earth

• i visible line the goes through the south and north pole

Multiple Choice

The moon moves in a circle around Earth. Which word means to move in a circle around an object?

• orbit

• cycle

• shine

Multiple Choice

what is rotation

• making a complete spin on its axis

• making a compete around the sun

Multiple Choice

Day and night are caused by which motion of the Earth?

• revolution

• rotation

• revolve

Multiple Choice

Which of these cycles does the spinning motion of Earth cause?

• the cycle of the tides

• the cycle of the seasons

• the day-and-night cycle

Multiple Choice

The Earth has seasons. Which motion of the Earth causes seasons?

• rotate

• revolution

• rebates

Multiple Choice

The Earth _________________________ around the sun.

• rotation

• rotates

• revolves

Multiple Choice

The Earth ______________________ on its axis.

• rotates

• revolves

• revolution

• reveals

Multiple Choice

Earth has a day and night cycle because _______________.

• the Earth revolves around the sun.

• the moon orbits around the Earth.

• the Earth rotates as it revolves around the sun.

Multiple Choice

It takes _________________ for the Earth to rotate one time.

• 24 hours

• 1 month

• 1 year

• 1 week

Multiple Choice

How many days does it take the Earth to go around the sun?

• 300 days

• 365 days

• 3650 days

Multiple Choice

One rotation of Earth is equal to

• a day.

• a year.

Multiple Choice

What does REVOLUTION mean?

• To SPIN

• To ORBIT or GO AROUND

Multiple Choice

One full orbit of an object around another object is called a ________.

• axis

• rotation

• revolution

Multiple Choice

What does ROTATION mean?

• To SPIN

• To ORBIT or GO AROUND

Open Ended

What stuck with you?

I learned ________.

I find it interesting that _________.

I liked _________.

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model Earth’s

motion

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Axis
Seasons
Solstice
September
Summer
Winter
rotation
March
Revolution
equal
Equinox
tilt

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