Day/Night & Length of Year Test

At the center of the solar system is the ________

• Earth

• Milky Way

• sun

• Jupiter

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The sun does not actually rise and set, but appears to because of Earth’s ___________ on its axis.

• revolution

• tilt

• rotation

• axis

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Why do the days get shorter as winter approaches in the Northern hemisphere?

• The angle of sunlight makes the days shorter

• It is daylight savings time

• The tilt of Earth causes the sun to be farther away in winter.

• The sun’s path in the sky is shorter in winter.

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Earth rotates toward the ___________ .

• North

• South

• East

• West

Our shadows move as the sun moves

• True

• False

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The actual position of the sun in the sky is affected by all of the following EXCEPT__________.

• the number of clouds

• the location on Earth

• the rotation on Earth

• the seasons

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The Earth's orbit around the Sun is _________

• straight

• elliptical

• circular

• irregular

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Earth's seasons are caused by _____________

• Earth's orbit around the sun

• Earth's rotation on its axis

• Earth's tilt

• All of the above

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Earth’s tilt and _____________ around the sun causes the sun to take different paths across the sky giving, us seasons.

• revolution

• rotation

• tilt

• spin

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The winter solstice occurs when ____________________

• your part of the Earth receives the least amount of sun.

• your part of the Earth receives no sunlight.

• your part of the Earth receives the most sunlight.

• your part of the Earth experiences equal hours of day and night.

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