Earth, Sun, Moon and Tides

What causes day and night on Earth?

• solstices

• revelation

• rotation

• seasons

What is rotation?

• sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator

• spinning on an axis

• motion of a body traveling around another body in space

Which one is NOT an example of rotation?

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________ is the motion of a body traveling around another body in space.

• rotation

• orbit

• moon phase

• revolution

1 full revolution on Earth is _________

• 31 days

• 1 year

• 24 hours

• 4 weeks

On Earth, one full rotation is _______.

• 31 days

• 1 year

• 24 hours

• 4 weeks

When it is Summer in the Northern Hemisphere it is (a)   in the Southern Hemisphere.

The days the Earth is most tilted toward the sun are called _______.

• solstices

• equinoxes

• orbit

• equator

The days the Earth is not tilted toward or away from the sun, because the sun is directly over the equator, are called ________.

• solstices

• equinoxes

• orbit

• equator

The Northern and Southern Hemispheres are always in opposite seasons.

• true

• false