EXTRA CREDIT - Day/Night & Seasons

The motion of one object around another object

• rotation
• revolution

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This, along with the tilt of the Earth, is the reason we experience different seasons

• rotation
• revolution

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Takes about 24 hours to complete one

• rotation
• revolution

Spinning of the Earth on its axis is called...

• rotation
• revolution
• orbit
• double axis

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Why do we experience the changing of  seasons on Earth?

• Earth's tilt & rotation
• Earth's tilt & revolution
• Earth's rotation & rovolution
• Earth's tilt & resolution

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How long does it take the Earth to revolve once around the sun?

• 29 1/2 days
• 24 hours
• 30 days
• 365 1/4 days

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What is the "name" for the longest and shortest days of the year?

• equinoxes
• solstices
• months
• seasons

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Because of the direction that the Earth rotates on it's axis, in what direction does the sun "appear to rise" every day?

• north
• south
• east 
• west

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Day & night are caused by the ______________ of Earth on its axis

• revolution
• orbit
• rotation
• tilt of the axis

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Earth's axis is tilted at - 

• 23.5 degrees
• 33.5 degrees
• 28 degrees
• 90 degrees

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