Review Earth, Sun, Moon

The spinning of Earth on its axis is called

• revolution

• orbit

• rotation

Axis

• to orbit or move in a curved path around a center point or axis

• the path of a celestial body or an artificial satellite as it revolves around another body

• to turn around on an axis or center

• a center line to which parts of a structure or body may be referred

• the partial or complete obscuring, relative to a designated observer, of one celestial body by another

the natural satellite of the earth, visible ( at night) by reflected light from the sun

• Moon

• Car headlights

• Sun

• Mars

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What is the Sun?

• An aestroid that floats around the earth.

• A star in which the earth orbits.

• A planet

The rotation of the Earth on its axis causes....

• Shadows

• Seasons

• Moon Phases

• Day and night

When it is day on one side of the Earth, what is it on the other side of the Earth?

• Summer
• Winter
• Night
• Day

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Which direction does the sun appear to rise in?

• South
• North
• East
• West

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As Earth continues to rotate and turn, the Sun seems to move as it sets in the ______.

• East
• South
• North
• West

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When the sun gets higher in the sky, shadows get ______.

• longer

• gone

• shorter

• darker

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Shadows are longest during _______.

• morning and evening

• noon

• night

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