Day and Night Cycle

Period of 24 hours or the time it takes Earth to make one complete spin on its axis

• Rotation
• Compass
• Sundail
• Movement

Tool that uses a tiny magnet to show which direction is north

• cardinall direction
• axis
• compass
• sundial

Instrument showing the time by using the shadow of a pointer cast by the Sun onto a surface marked with times

• compass
• sundial
• cardinal directions
• axis

Earth's rotation during the day gives the FALSE appearance of the Sun __________ from east to west across the sky

• rotation
• day
• movement
• night

Period during rotation when Earth is facing the Sun and it is lighted

• rotation
• day
• night
• shadow

Period during Earth's rotation when Earth faces away from the Sun and it is dark

• day
• night
• shadow
• stars

Dark area caused when an object blocks light from falling on a surface

• movement
• night
• shadow
• stars

Earth's rotation during the night gives the FALSE appearance that the ________ move across the sky

• movement
• day
• night 
• stars

Includes the 4 compass points of north, south, east, and west.

• compass
• sundial
• movement
• cardinal directions

An imaginary line around which the Earth spins

• axis
• rotation
• movement
• compass