Evidence of Earth's Rotation

Which of these cycles is a direct result of Earth's rotation?

• Day and Night

• Moon Phases

• Rainfall and evaporation

• Seasons

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On which side of a house in Texas should a window be placed so that the people inside the house can see the sunrise each day through the window?

• North

• South

• East

• West

Some students use globes to model the rotation of the Earth. They shaded in Texas on the globe, as shown. They rotated the globe and observed that Texas was in exactly the same place after each rotation. The students could rotate the globe quickly or slowly. If the globe could rotate only at the rate that Earth actually rotates, about how long would each complete rotation take?

• 30 days

• 60 minutes

• 24 hours

• 365 days

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Shadow casts by objects change throughout the day. The picture below shows the shadow cast by a tree at 3:00 p.m. Which picture shows how the tree's shadow most likely looked at 9:00 a.m. ?

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A student draws diagrams of her house and the location of the sun in the sky. Which diagram below does NOT correctly represent the location of the sun at the time indicated?

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A student draws a model showing the movements on Earth, the moon, and the sun. Which arrow shows the movement that caused day and night on Earth?

• Arrow 1, because it shows the rotation of the sun

• Arrow 2, because it shows the orbit of Earth around the sun

• Arrow 3, because it shows the orbit of the moon around Earth

• Arrow 4, because it shows the rotation of the Earth

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How long does it take for the Earth to do one rotation on its axis?

• 60 seconds
• 24 hours
• 365 days
• 1 light year

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What does this Foucault pendulum provide evidence for?

• the rotation of Earth on its axis
• the movement of the stars
• the orbit of the Earth around the sun
• none of these

Earth is tilted on its

• axis
• side
• oval
• pole

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The best evidence that Earth rotates on its axis is the changing

• apparent path of a Foucault pendulum

• altitude of the noontime Sun from day to day

• phases of the Moon

• velocity of Earth in its orbit