Revolution and Rotation

Why do we have day and night?

• The Earth revolves around the Sun and only tilts toward it halfway.

• The Sun revolves around the Earth and lights up only part of it at a time.

• The Earth rotates on its axis and only half of it faces the Sun at a time.

• The Sun rotates on it's axis and only faces the Earth half the time.

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Day and night is caused by the ___________ of Earth.

• revolution

• rotation

• orbit path

• reflection

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Why does the moon appear to move across the sky from morning to night?

• The Earth makes one trip around the Sun in 365 days.

• The Sun revolves around the Earth every 24 hours.

• The Sun rises in the East and sets in the West.

• The Earth completes a rotation on its axis every 24 hours.

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Why do we have a day that is 24 hours long?

• The Earth's axis tilts away from the Sun and then back again after 24 hours.

• It takes the Sun 24 hours to revolve around the Earth.

• It takes Earth 24 hours to revolve once around the Sun.

• It takes 24 hours for the Earth to rotate once.

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Because the Sun appeared to rise in the East and set in the West, people thought that __________________.

• Planets do not travel in space.

• The Sun revolved around the Earth.

• The Earth revolved around the Sun.

• The Earth moved closer to the sun at night.

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Where is the Sun when the eastern hemisphere is experiencing night time.

• The Sun is eclipsed.

• The Sun is to the north.

• The Sun is rotating around the Earth.

• The Sun is shining on the western hemisphere.

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Earth rotates once every 24 hours. What would happen if the Earth rotated faster?

• The day would be shorter.

• Each day would be longer

• Each day would be darker.

• Each day would be brighter.

The Sun appears to reach its highest position in the sky at what time of the day?

• Sunrise

• Noon

• Midnight

• Sunset

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Because the Earth rotates on its axis as it travels around the Sun, we have _______.

• day and night

• seasons of the year

• high and low tides

• solar eclipses

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The spinning of the Earth on its axis is called _____.

• circumference

• rotation

• diameter

• revolution