Unit 8

What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

• It is Summer

• It is Spring

• It is Winter

• It is Fall

What are the reasons for the season?

• Earth's Tilt & Rotation

• Earth's tilt and revolution

• Earth's rotation & revolution

• Earth's tilt and resolution

What does axis mean?

• Earth

• The sun

• The Moon

• An imaginary line about which a body rotates.

Takes about 24 hours to complete one

• Revolution

• Rotation

Which way does the earth rotate around the sun?

• counter clockwise

• clockwise

Completed in one year

• Rotation

• Revolution

The sun appears to move across the sky each day.  What causes this?

• the spinning of the Earth's axis

• The path of the sun around the Earth

• the production the nuclear energy around the sun

• the tilt of the Earth on its axis

Select all correct answers about REVOLUTION.

3 answers

• Moving around the sun

• Day and night

• Seasons

• Takes 1 year

The Earth is rotating on its axis, creating _____

• the 12 months

• the years

• the seasons

• day and night

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

• 28

• 31

• 365

• 30