Study Guide - Day and Night Quiz

Rotation on Earth's axis causes ______________.

• seasons

• eclipses

• tides

• day and night

Because the Sun appeared to rise in the Eastern sky and set in the west, people in the past thought that ______________.

• planets do not travel through space

• the Sun revolved around the Earth

• the Earth revolved around the Sun

• the Earth moved closer to the Sun at night

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The Sun appears to rise in the East and set in the West. This occurs because the Earth ________________.

• orbits around the Sun

• has day and night

• rotates on its axis

• tilts toward the north pole

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The Eastern hemisphere is experiencing nighttime. Therefore, Sun is shinning on the Western hemisphere. 

• True

• False

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Why does the Sun appear to move across the sky from morning to night?

• The Earth revolves around the Sun every 365 days.

• The Sun revolves around the Earth every 24 hours.

• The Sun rises in the East and sets in the West every day.

• The Earth completes a rotation on its axis every 24 hours.

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Why do we have a day that is 24 hours long?

• Earth's axis tilts away from the Sun and back again every 24 hours

• It takes the Sun 24 hours to revolve around the Earth

• It takes the Earth 24 hours to revolve once around the Sun

• It takes 24 hours for the Earth to rotate once.

Because Earth rotates on its axis as it travels around the Sun, we have day and night.

• True

• False

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The above picture is an observation a student made. What would explain this observation?

• The Earth orbits the Sun

• The Sun rotates on its axis

• The Earth rotates on its axis

• The Sun moves from East to West in space

Answer explanation

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The Sun revolves around the Earth

• True

• False

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Earth rotating on its axis causes day and night. 

• True

• False

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