Lesson 1: Shadows, Rotation & Revolution

The time when people on Earth experience the Sun as it appears over the horizon line in the East.

• Sunset

• Noon

• Sunrise

• Midnight

The time when people on Earth see the Sun begin to disappear below the horizon line in the west.

• Noon

• Sunrise

• Midnight

• Sunset

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What time is it when the Sun reaches its zenith point in the sky?

• Midnight

• Noon

• 6am

• 5pm

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What causes the Sun to rise and set everyday?

• The Sun's revolution around the Solar System

• The Earth's revolution around the Sun

• The Earth's rotation upon its axis

• The Earth's revolution around the Sun and its rotation upon its axis

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How can shadows change throughout the course of the day?

• In length

• In direction

• They actually remain constant

• In both length and direction

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Earth's rotation upon its axis produces what cycle?

• Eclipses

• Day and Night

• Seasons

• Lunar Phases

True or False: We can track the apparent effects of the Sun as it moves through the sky through shadows.

• True

• False

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When the Sun is low in the sky in the east during the morning hours, the shadows appear in what length and project towards which direction?

• Short and towards the east

• Long and towards the east

• Long and towards the west

• Short and towards either the North or South

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Why do we experience seasons on Earth?

• Earth's rotation upon its axis

• Earth's rotation upon its axis and the angle of Earth's tilt

• Earth's revolution around the Sun

• Earth's revolution around the Sun and Earth's axial tilt

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What causes night to occur on Earth?

• When the Moon is in the sky

• When the side of Earth that you are on rotates away from the Sun and you are in Earths shadow.

• When the side of the Earth you are on rotates over the horizon line to the East

• When the Sun revolves away from the side of Earth that you are located on.

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