Rotation vs Revolution

What causes night and day?

• The Earth's Revolution

• The Earth's orbit

• The Earth's rotation

• All of the above

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How long does it take for the Earth to complete one trip around the sun?

• 365 days

• 350 days

• 365.25 days

• 400 days

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How long does for Earth to complete one rotation?

• 24 hours

• 1 day

• both

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The reason parts of Earth experience seasons:

• Earth’s tilt and rotation

• Earth’s tilt and revolution

• Earth’s rotation and revolution

• Earth is closest to sun in summer

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Earth moving around the sun is called

• rotation

• revolution

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When something revolves, it goes around something else.

• True

• False

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Rotation is spinning on an axis.

• True

• false

In this simple diagram, the motion of both the Earth and Moon can be described as -

• Rotation
• Revolution

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Which of these changes would likely occur if the Earth rotated faster?

• The length of the seasons would be shorter.

• The length of the seasons would be longer.

• The length of a day would be shorter.

• The length of a day would be longer.

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What does rotation of the Earth mean?

• Spin
• Orbit
• Circle
• Pulse

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