8.7A Rotation/Revolution

In the diagram above, the Northern Hemisphere would be in what season at Position A?

• Fall

• Spring

• Summer

• Winter

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Students use a flashlight and a glove to model how Earth's rotation causes days and nights. What is one possible advantage of this model?

• The flashlight and glove show how Earth's rotation causes day and night

• The flashlight and globe are scale-sized models of the sun and Earth

• The model shows the amount of sunlight that shines on Earth

• The actual distance between the sun and Earth is represented

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Early scientists believed the sun revolved around Earth. What do modern scientists believe about the revolution of the sun and Earth?

• Earth revolves around the sun, causing day and night

• Earth revolves around the sun, causing seasons, as well as day and night

• Earth revolves around the sun on a tilted axis, causing a change in seasons, and Earth rotates on its axis, causing day and night

• Earth revolves around the sun, causing day and night, and Earth rotates on its axis, causing a change in seasons

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Which diagram reflects daytime hours for Position X?

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Where would the sun appear in the diagram below if A is experiencing winter?

• Location W

• Location X

• Location Y

• Location Z

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In the diagram below, Earth's Southern Hemisphere is experiencing

• Summer

• Winter

• Spring

• Fall

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Which best explains the changes in the seasons?

• Seasons change as a result of high temperatures caused by Earth's tilt and revolution around the sun

• Seasons change as light from the sun hits Earth's atmosphere and as Earth rotates around the sun

• Seasons change as a result of the temperature decreasing because of Earth's revolution around the sun

• Seasons change due to the amount of sunlight hitting Earth and Earth's tilt as it revolves around the sun

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Which term best completes the analogy in the box?

• Night

• Orbit

• Year

• Sun

What information belongs in section B of the diagram?

• Causes seasons

• Causes day and night

• Movement of Earth

• None of the above

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Causes day and night would be found in which section of the diagram?

• C

• B

• A

• A, B, and C

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