Earth's Patterns

What causes day and night?

• Earth's orbit around the sun
• Earth's rotation on its axis
• the sun's rotation
• the moon's shadow

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How long does it take the Earth to orbit around the sun?

• 325.0 days
• 365.25 days
• 1 month
• 24 hours

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What causes different constellations to be visible from Earth at different times of year?

• Earth's orbit around the sun
• Earth's rotation on its axis
• movement of the stars
• none of these

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As the Earth travels around the Sun, it creates a pattern that makes _____

• the months
• the years
• the seasons
• day and night

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When the Earth completes a full revolution around the Sun, it has completed _____ rotations or days

• 7

• 30

• 91

• 365

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True or False: The Sun revolves around the Earth

• True
• False

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What time of the day will your shadow be the shortest?

• 9:00 am

• 12:00 pm (noon)

• 3:00 pm

• 5:00 pm

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The MOON REVOLVES around the:

• Sun
• Earth
• The Moon doesn't revolve
• The Earth and Sun 

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What does ROTATION mean?

• To SPIN
• To ORBIT or GO AROUND

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What does orbit mean?

• to go around something

• to spin

• to float away in outer space

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