8.7A Day & Night Cycle

What is the line running down the center of Earth called?

• Equator

• Axis

• North Pole

• South Pole

Period of 24 hours or the time it takes Earth to make one complete spin on its axis

• Rotation
• Compass
• Sundail
• Movement

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What 2 things cause seasons on Earth?

• axis and orbit
• Winter and Fall
• Summer and Spring
• Sun and Moon

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The Earth revolves around the Sun every...

• month
• year
• day
• 3 years

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The Sun moves around the Earth and the Earth stays still.

• True
• False

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As the Earth rotates, the part of the Earth facing the sun has ________.

• an axis
• darkness (night)
• daylight
• winter

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As the Earth rotates, the part of the Earth facing away from the sun has ________.

• daylight 
• darkness (night)
• summer 
• nice weather

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Earth is tilted on its _______. 

• side
• axis
• hemisphere
• equator

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The orbit is the same as ____________.

• Rotating
• Revolving
• Spinning

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Rotation causes ___________.

• Day and Night
• Seasons
• The Earth to be tilted

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