Earth Sun Moon

1. Earth's Rotation takes about

• 365 days

• 1 month

• 6 months

• 24 hours

2. Day and night are caused by

• Earth Rotation on its Axis

• Eclipses

• Earth's Revolution around the Sun

• the tilt of Earth's Axis

3. One complete revolution of Earth around the Sun takes about

• one month

• one year

• 363 days

• one day

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4. Earth has seasons because

• the distance from the sun changes

• the temperature of the sun changes

• Earth's axis it tiled 23.5 degrees

• Earth Rotates

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5. When the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun, north America would experience

• more indirect rays and shorter days

• more direct rays and longer days

• more indirect rays and shorter days

• more direct rays and shorter days

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6. When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun, it is what season

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

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7. When the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun it is

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

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8. The longest day of the year is called the

• Spring Equinox

• Summer Solstice

• Autumn Equinox

• Winter Solstice

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9. The shortest day of the year is the

• Summer Solstice

• Spring Equinox

• Winter Solstice

• Autumn Equinox

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10. Twice a year, when there are equal hours of day and night, it is known as a/an

• Equinox

• Solstice

• Full Moon

• New Moon