8th grade Quiz 22C

How long does it take the Earth to rotate once on its axis?

• 24 days

• 365 days

• 24 hours, one full day

• 28 days

What causes our days and nights here on Earth?

• The rotation of the moon

• The rotation of the Earth on its axis

• The revolution of the Moon

• The revolution of the Earth

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Approximately how long does it take Earth to complete one orbit around the Sun?

• 4 days

• 365 days (1 year)

• 1 month

• 2 years

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Approximately how long does it take for the moon to complete one orbit around Earth?

• 1 day

• 1 week

• 1 month

• 1 year

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What is a ROTATION?

• When one object orbits around another object.

• The turning or spinning of a body on its axis

• When two objects move around each other

What is a REVOLUTION?

• The motion of a body along its orbit

• When one object rotates in place on an axis

• When two objects spin around each other

As the lighted area of the moon grows larger, the moon is?

• Waxing

• waning

• New moon

• Crescent moon

As the lighted area of the moon grows smaller, the moon is?

• full moon

• waxing

• waning

• crescent moon

What causes the Earth's seasons?

• The revolution of the Earth around the Sun

• The way the Earth spins on it's axis

• The way the Earth is tilted on it's axis and how it revolves around the Sun

• The way the Moon revolves around the Sun

What causes tides?

• The gravitational pull of the Sun only

• The gravitational pull of the Moon only

• The gravitational pull of the Earth

• The gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun on the Earth

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