Motion in the Sky

What causes day and night?

• The earth rotating on its axis
• The earth revolving around the sun
• The axis' tilting back and forth
• The phases of the moon

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^{What does the Earth orbit around?}

• axis
• sun
• orbit
• moon

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Spinning is the same as ___________.

• rotating
• revolving
• traveling

Rotation causes ___________.

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

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What causes seasons?

• rotation
• the orbit
• the Earth's tilt
• day and night

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What is the name of the imaginary line running through the North Pole to the South Pole?

• orbit
• axis
• equator
• latitude

What happens when the area in which you live tilts AWAY from the sun?

• It is summer.
• It is spring.
• It is winter.
• It is fall.

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How long does it take for the Earth to make 1 rotation?

• 1 year

• 1 day

• 365 days

• 24 years

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This illustration shows the apparent path of the Sun through the sky for December 21 and June 21. Which of the dotted lines best represents the apparent path of the Sun through the sky for March 21? 

• A
• B
• C
• D

What does earth's revolution mean?

• The revolutionary war
• The thing that makes earth have different lightings.(Night and day)
• The earth is going around the sun
• Revolution  describes the movement of the earth on it's axis