Earth's Orbit and Rotation

What causes day and night?

• Earth's orbit around the sun

• Earth's rotation on its axis

• the sun's rotation

• the moon's shadow

What time of day does this picture represent? Hint: There is a long shadow to the west of Izzy.

• noon

• night

• evening

• morning

What time of day does this picture represent based on the length and position of the shadow?

• noon

• 5 pm

• night

• 5 am

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why does the sun appear to move across the sky?

• Earth's orbit around the sun

• Earth's rotation on its axis

• the sun's rotation

• movement of the stars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How long does it take for the earth to do one rotation on its axis?

• 60 seconds

• 24 hours

• 365 days

• 1 light year

What does the Foucault pendulum provide evidence for?

• rotation of earth on its axis

• movement of the stars

• orbit of the earth around the sun

• none of the above

How long does it take the Earth to orbit around the sun?

• 325.0 days

• 365.25 days

• 1 month

• 24 hours

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

What causes different constellations to be visible from Earth at different times of the year?

• Earth's orbit around the sun

• Earth's rotation on its axis

• movement of the stars

• none of the above

What is the phenomenon that provided evidence against a geocentric model called?

• shadows

• parallelogram

• stellar parallax

• none of the above

What causes the need for time zones?

• Earth's rotation on its axis

• Earth's orbit around the sun

• sun dials

• shadows