Physics Term Assessment

A day on Earth is the time taken for the Earth to complete _________.

• one full rotation

• rotates

• east to west

• bright

As the Earth rotates the side that _________ from the Sun will be night time.

• faces

• faces away

• rotation

• west

The Sun rises in the ________.

• rotation

• bright

• east to west

• east

The Sun sets in the

• faces the Sun

• east

• west

• west to east

In the day the Sun seems to move slowly across the sky from

• north to south

• south to north

• east to west

• west to east

As the Earth rotates the side that ___________ will be in daytime.

• away from the Sun

• faces the Sun

• rotates

• day

During the night, the stars seem to move slowly across the sky from _________

• west to east

• north to south

• south to east

• east to west

In fact it is the __________ of the Earth that causes this apparent movement

• tilting

• revolution

• rotation

• hemisphere

The Earth takes 365.25 days to _____ the Sun

• tilted towards the Sun

• tilted away from the Sun

• revolve

• higher

Every for years we have a _______ which has 366 days (this takes into account the extra 0.25 day each year)

• jump year

• leap year

• longer year

• rocket year