Rotation and Revolution

The earth makes ----------- movements

• 3

• 2

• 4

• 1

When the earth spins on its axis from west to east this is called?

• Revolution

• Seasons

• Rotation

• Orbit

The journey that the earth makes around the sun is called?

• rotation

• longitude

• axis

• revolution

How many days does it take the earth to make a complete revolution?

• 365 days

• 12 months

• 266 days

• 24 hours

The earth is tilted at an angle of ?

• 23 1/2 degrees

• 24 1/2 degrees

• 23 degrees

• 24 degrees

One effect of earth rotation is?

• Gravity

• The seasons

• Day and Night

It takes the earth ______to make a compete rotation.

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• 16 hours

• 48 hours

The longest and shortest days of the year are called?

• Solstices

• Equinox

• Hemispheres

• International date line

The earth is spherical in shape?

• True

• False

When days and nights are 12 hours long this is called?

• Antartic

• Prime Meridian

• Solstices

• Equinoxes