Earth Cycles

Which statement is true?

• The Earth Revolves around the sun

• the moon rotates on its axis

• the sun revolves around the moon

• The Earth does not rotate on an axis

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The rotation of the earth causes________.

• Tides

• Rainbows

• day and night

• seasons

It takes Earth________ to revolve once around the sun.

• 1 day

• 1 week

• 1 month

• 1 year

The seasons are caused by ______.

• the weather

• the tilt of the Earth on its axis

• high tides

• the moon going around the Earth

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It takes about_______ for the moon to revolve around the Earth

• 1 day

• 1 week

• 1 month

• 1 year

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You live in the northern hemisphere. When the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, it is _____ in the United States.

• winter

• spring

• summer

• fall

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Tides are caused by _______.

• the tilt of the Earth on its axis

• the moon's gravitational pull

• the big ships that travel in the ocean

• the warmth of the sun

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The moon appears to change shape because_________.

• the Earth lights up the different parts of the moon

• we see different amounts of it lit by the sun

• the Earth's shadow covers part of the moon

• of the clouds in the sky

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We can not see the moon when it is between the Earth and the sun. This phase of the moon is called ______. It is not lit up at all.

• new moon

• night moon

• full moon

• first quarter moon

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The imaginary line through the center of the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole is called_________.

• the equator

• an axis

• a cycle

• a moon phase