Earth's Place in Space

It takes Earth ________ to make one revolution around the Sun.

• 24 hours

• 365 1/4 days

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At any point in time, half of Earth's surface faces the Sun and is in daylight.

• True

• False

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We see different constellations in the summer sky compared to the winter sky because of Earth's _____.

• revolution

• rotation

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All the planets in our solar system have at least one moon.

• True

• False

Earth's rotation causes the apparent motion of many objects in space.

• True

• False

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One rotation of the Earth occurs in 24 hours.

• True

• False

What causes seasons on Earth?

• Earth's distance from the Sun

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's tilted axis

• Earth's gravity

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Which characteristic causes Earth's day and night?

• Earth's gravity

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's revolution

• Earth's core

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Why do the Northern and Southern Hemisphere have opposite seasons

• Because Earth is tilted on its axis, one hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun and one is tilted away from the Sun.

• Because Earth is tilted on its axis, one hemisphere moves closer to the sun in the summer and the other hemisphere moves further away in the winter.

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Earth's tilted axis causes the distance Earth is from the Sun to change.

• True

• False

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