Earth's Place in Space

One ________ is a complete spin on the axis. Earth makes one in 24 hours.

• revolution

• rotation

• motion

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If the axis was not tilted, day and night would be twelve hours long.

• True

• False

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Half of the Earth's surface is in daylight, while the other half is in darkness, at any point in time.

• True

• False

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In the _______, the amount of daylight is shorter, except at the North ad South Pole.

• Summer

• Spring

• Winter

• Fall

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Your shadow is the longest ___________.

• midday

• in the morning and until sunset

• morning and midday

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_______________ is the way something appears, or seems, to move.

• Shadows

• Apparent motion

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

• True

• False

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Some planets have no moons.

• True

• False

Because the ______ of the Earth's axis always points in the same direction, the seasons in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere are always opposite.

• seasons

• tilt

• rotation

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When a hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun, it receives less heat energy. This means it is in winter. When a hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun, it receives more heat energy. This means it is in ____________.

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

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