motions of the earth

What is the movement of the earth in its orbit called?

• orbital velocity

• revolution

• rotation

• apogee

Day and night are caused by the earth's

• shape

• equator

• rotation

• revolution

The earth rotates on its axis from

• north to south

• east to west

• south to north

• west to east

The earth completes one rotation in about

• 22 hours

• 23 hours

• 24 hours

• 25 hours

The change of seasons is caused due to ___

• Movement of the sun

• Spherical shape of the earth

• Revolution

• Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Imaginary line through the center of a planet.

• Spring tide

• axis

• rotation

• phases

The center of mass between two objects. This is what the planets truly orbit.

• barycenter

• precession

• nutation

• ellipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

This movement changes the direction of the Earth's axis and will cause the north star to change over time.

• barycenter

• precession

• nutation

• ellipse

Earth's wobble cause by the gravitational pull from the Moon only. This changes the degree of the Earth's tilt and will cause seasonal changes.

• barycenter

• precession

• nutation

• ellipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Earth's axis changes direction over time (but the angle of tilt does NOT change).

• Nutation

• Precession

• Barycenter

• Revolution