5.8C Earth's Rotation 3

It takes ______ day(s) for the Earth to complete one rotation.

• 1

• 12

• 24

• 365

What is the imaginary line called around which the Earth rotates that runs from the north pole to the south pole?

• The equator

• The prime meridian

• The axis

• The axle

Which of the following properties of Earth causes the day/night cycle?

• The Earth is a sphere.

• The Earth rotates on its axis.

• The Moon revolves around the Earth.

• The Earth revolves around the Sun.

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Based on the Sun location in the picture below, what is most likely the time?

EastWest

• 9 A.M.

• 12 P.M.

• 5 P.M.

• 9 P.M.

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The direction and size of an object’s shadow varies throughout the day as the Sun changes position in the sky. When would an object have the longest shadow?

• At 12 o’clock noon

• Early in the afternoon

• Late in the morning

• Early in the morning

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Day and night on Earth are caused by –

• the movement of the Sun across the sky

• the tilt of the Earth’s axis

• the Earth’s revolution around the Sun

• the Earth’s rotation on its axis

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Astronomy is the study of the Moon, Sun and other objects in outer space. Ancient astronomers first noticed that the Sun moves across the sky each day. We now know this movement is caused by –

• the Earth revolving around the Sun

• the Moon revolving around the Earth

• the Earth rotating on its axis

• the Moon rotating on its axis

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One day on Earth is 24 hours. The length of one day on Mars is 24 hours and 37 minutes. This means that –

• Earth rotates a lot faster than Mars

• Earth rotates a lot slower than Mars

• Earth and Mars rotate at about the same speed

• there is not enough information to answer this question

  
  

The science classroom windows face east. The students would be able to watch –

• the sunrise

• the sunset

• neither the sunrise nor sunset

• both the sunrise and sunset

The diagram below represents which event on Earth?

• The changing of the seasons

• The day/night cycle

• One year

• The lunar cycle

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