Earth Cycles

What do you call the earth spinning on it's axis?

• rotation
• revolution
• seasons

What is the imaginary line through the middle of the Earth called? It runs through the north and south poles.

• rotation
• Earth's axis
• revolution

What do you call an event that repeats or happens over and over again in the same order?

• day and night
• rotation
• cycle

What do we call the cycle that takes 24 hours, or one day, to complete?

• seasons cycle
• day and night cycle
• moon cycle

This is what we call the Earth's orbit around the sun. It takes one year.

• revolution
• rotation

It takes the Earth one _______ to travel around the sun.

• hour
• year
• day

What do we call the cycle of spring, summer, fall, and winter?

• day and night cycle
• season cycle

What is the period of cold weather usually snowy, in the months of December, January, and February in the U.S.?

• spring
• fall
• summer
• winter

What is the period of mild and typically rainy weather, in the months of March, April, and May in the U.S.?

• spring
• summer
• winter
• fall

What is the period of hot and usually sunny weather, in the months June, July, and August in the U.S.?

• summer
• spring
• winter
• fall