Space Basics Part 1

What causes day and night?

• revolution of Earth
• rotation of Earth
• orbit of Earth
• The moon blocks the Sun

What takes a year?

• rotation
• revolution

How long does earth's rotation last? 

• 90 hours
• about 1 hour
• 24 hours

What does earth's rotation cause? 

• Hibernation
• Day and Night
• Four Season
• Flowers to grow 

What is earth's revolution?

• When earth orbits around the sun
• When earth bounces
• When the sun spins around the earth
• When the earth spins on it's axis

How long does earth's revolution around the sun take?

• 365 days (1 year)
• 1 day
• 1 month
• 4 years

When the Northern Hemisphere is pointing towards the sun, what season is the Southern Hemisphere?

• Winter
• Spring
• Fall
• Summer

What are the reasons for the seasons?

• Earth's tilt and rotation.
• Earth's rotation and revolution.
• Earth's tilt and revolution.
• Earth's tilt and resolution

Which definition explains what a solstice is?

• When the days and nights are equal?
• When the Sun is at its lowest or highest.
• When the Sun moves.
• When we don't see any light for 6 months.

During an ________, the length of nighttime and daytime are about the same because neither hemisphere is tilted toward the sun.

• equinox
• solstice
• earthquake
• solar eclipse