How fast does the Earth spin?

Who were Galileo and Copernicus?

• Scientist who had a scientific theory about the movement of the Earth

• Scientist who had a scientific theory about the extinction of animals

• Scientist who had a scientific theory about weather patterns on Earth

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What is the branch of science that focuses on how things move?

• physics

• chemistry

• biology

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Long ago, most people thought the sun was moving around the Earth. This is...

• True. The sun goes around the Earth once each day

• False. The sun is not moving, but the Earth is spinning once each day.

• False. The sun AND Earth are both spinning around each other.

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In 1995, a robotic spacecraft was sent to study Jupiter. During it's journey, it took pictures of Earth. What was the spacecraft's name?

• Copernicus

• Einstein

• Galileo

• Apollo

When sunrise is happening on one side of the world, what is happening on the opposite side of the world?

• Afternoon

• Sunrise

• Sunset

• Dawn

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The circumference of the Earth (the distance around it) is about...

• 2,400 miles

• 24,000 miles

• 240,000 miles

• 2,400,000 miles

About how fast does the Earth spin?

• 1,000 mph

• 100 mph

• 10,000 mph

• 100,000 mph

Why don't we feel the movement of the Earth?

• It is moving too slowly to notice

• It is not moving

• Everything on Earth is moving at the same speed so we don't notice

• Because of the atmmosphere