Earth's Motion

The time required for the earth to orbit around the sun...

• Year
• Month
• Day
• 6 Months

The time required for the Moon to orbit around the Earth...

• Year
• Month
• Day
• 6 Months

The time required for the earth to rotate once on it axis...

• Year
• Month
• Day
• 6 Months

What keeps the Earth and other planets in orbit?

• The sun
• Gravity
• Earth's magnetic field
• tides

When the hours of daylight and darkness are equal everywhere on Earth, the following occurs

• solstice
• summer
• eclipse
• equinox

Earth is tilted at an angle of 23.5 degrees on its axis

• true
• false

The rotation of Earth is responsible for day and night

• true
• false

An equinox occurs when the sun is directly over the equator

• true
• false

The Earth's tilt and revolution cause day and night

• true
• false

The process of Earth spinning on its axis is referred to as

• revolution
• ionization
• rotation
• ellipse