Earths Motions

Which term describes when the Earth spins on its axis.

• Rotation
• Revolution
• Kepler's Laws
• Precession

Which type of motion causes night / day? 

• Rotation
• Revolution
• Kepler's 1st Law
• Nutation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which term describes the time it takes for Earth to revolve around the sun.

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Kepler's 1st Law

• Barycenter

The Earth's axis changes direction (but the angle does NOT change).

• Nutation
• Precession
• Barycenter
• Revolution

Causes the stars to change direction in the sky (every 26,000 years)

• Nutation
• Precession
• Barycenter
• Revolution

Causes seasons to be more dramatic.

• Nutation
• Precession
• Barycenter
• Revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Kepler determined that the shape of a planets orbit around the sun is

• a circle
• an ellipse
• an eclipse
• a oblate spheroid

When it is Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?

• spring
• summer
• fall
• winter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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

• solstice
• summer
• eclipse
• equinox

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The furthest point to the Sun in a planet's orbit is called_____.

• perihelion
• aphelion
• solstice
• helion

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2