Sun and Earth Review

What causes Earth's changing seasons?

• The Sun's rotation around Earth.

• Earth's tilted axis and revolution around the Sun.

• Earth's rotation and the Moon's revolution around Earth

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Which process takes Earth 24 hours to complete?(1 Point)

• rotation

• revolution

to spin on an axis

• orient

• revolve

• rotate

• compass

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a star that is the center of our solar system; provides Earth energy

• the Moon

• the Sun

• Mars

• Saturn

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The Earth is tilted.

• true

• false

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Day and night on Earth occurs due to _____.

• the rotation of the Earth

• the tilt of the Earth's axis as it revolves around the Sun

• the revolution of the moon around Earth

• the rotation of our moon

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The length of time it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun one time is a(n) ___.

• month

• day

• 24 hours

• year

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What word describes the imaginary line that runs through Earth's poles?

• Equator

• axis

• winter

• spinner

What causes different seasons?

• The tilt of Earth's axis as it revolves

• The sun moving around Earth

• How far the Earth is from the sun

• The heat coming from Earth's center

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Which of the following shows the correct order for seasons?

• summer, winter, spring, fall

• summer, fall, spring, winter

• winter, spring, summer, fall

• winter, summer, fall, spring

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