Earth's Rotation and Revolution

Which action causes day to turn to night?

• The moon casts a shadow.

• Earth orbits the sun.

• Earth rotates on its axis

• The moon orbits earth.

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Which sentence best describes the difference between rotation and revolution

• Rotation is like a top spinning

• Rotation is something spinning around itself and revolution is spinning around something else

• They both spin, but the thing they spin around is different

• Revolution is when you spin around a center axis

Which of the following is not how long it takes to make a revolution around the sun

• 1 year

• 12 months

• 51 weeks

• 365 1/4 days

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What is the tilt of the Earth?

• 23.5 degreese

• 90 degrees

• 0 degrees

• 5 degrees

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What is the rotation period of the Earth

• 24 hours

• 365 ¹/₄ days

• It changes depending on the season

What statement best describes what causes seasons?

• The Earth gets different amounts of sun because of the tilt and orbiting the sun

• The Earth is closer to the sun during the summer than the winter

• The Earth spins on its axis so that the side facing the sun changes

• Because of gravity the Sun pulls on the Earth keeping it in orbit

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What season happens when the Northern Hemisphere is pointing away from the sun

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

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Draw an image of the how the Earth is oriented during the Summer

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What is the Equinox?

• When day and night are the same length

• The longest day of the year

• When the Earth makes a full revolution around the sun

• The longest night of the year

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The Earth _____ on its axis, and _____ around the sun

• revolves, rotates

• rotates, rotates

• rotates, revolves

• revolves, revolves

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