Rotation & Revolution Review

What does Rotation cause?

• the seasons

• a rainbow

• dizziness

• day and night

What does Revolution cause?

• day and night

• dizziness

• the seasons

• a rainbow

The spinning or turning of earth on its axis (like a top spinning) is

• gravity

• rotation

• revolution

Which way does Earth rotate?

• clockwise

• counterclockwise

How long does it take for Earth to complete one rotation?

• 24 hours/1 day

• 12 hours

• one year

• one month

The movement of one object going around another object on its orbit is

• pull

• revolution

• gravity

• rotation

How long does it take Earth to make one revolution around the Sun?

• 365 days/1 year

• one week

• one day

• one month

The path a planet or moon follows in space is..

• orbit
• rotation
• revolution

True or False: The Sun moves around the Earth.

• True

• False

The sun appears to set in the ________.

• East

• West

• North

• South