ROTATION AND REVOLUTION OF THE EARTH

What causes day and night?

• Revolution of the Earth

• Rotation of the Earth

• Orbit of the Earth

• The moon blocks the Sun

What is the direction of the rotation of the Earth on its axis?

• Clockwise

• Counterclockwise

• All of these

• None of these

What happens in some parts of the Earth facing directly to the sun?

• They experience both day and night at the same time.

• It’s noontime always.

• They experience daytime.

• They experience night time.

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When the other side of the earth is away from the sun, this side does not receive light so it is dark. What time on this side of the Earth?

• daytime

• night time

• dawn

• midnight

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As seen from the North Pole in what direction does the Earth rotates.

• clockwise

• counter clockwise

• sideward

• backward

Which of the following would happen if the Earth did not rotate?

• We would not have days and nights

• The sun would not shine an Earth.

• The Earth would fall in space.

• We would not have any new year.

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Which of the following best describes the Earth’s movement around the sun?

• The Earth is closer to the sun in Summer than in Winter.

• The Earth moves in a circular pattern around the Moon.

• The Earth’s axis moves back and forth, resulting in different seasons.

• The Earth moves in an elliptical orbit around the sun.

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The seasons change because _________.

• the Earth rotates.

• the Earth orbits the sun

• the moon orbits the earth.

• the Earth’s axis is tilted by 23.5

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Earth makes a complete revolution around the Sun about once every ___________.

• day

• year

• season

• minute

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What keeps the Earth in its orbit?

• The Sun’s speed rotating

• The Sun’s gravitational pull

• The Earth’s spin direction

• he Earth’s location between other planets

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