Earth's Rotation Questions

1. The sun stays in the same location and Earth ________ on its axis.

• rotates
• revolves
• holds still

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2. What direction does Earth rotate?

• clockwise
• counterclockwise

3. Who would see the sunrise first, someone in Toledo, OH or someone in San Francisco, CA?

• someone in Toledo, OH
• someone in San Francisco, CA

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4. A ___________________ is how long it takes Earth to make one full rotation

• day
• month
• year

5. When we talk about the sun in the sky, we talk about its apparent motion. What does APPARENT mean?

• how it appears
• a mom or dad
• what it actually does

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6. Why do we say the sun has apparent motion rather than just saying it moves across the sky?

• The sun only appears to move because Earth is spinning.
• The sun is moving around Earth.

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7. Does the sun appear to rise in the east or the west?

• east
• west

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8. At 4:00 p.m., in what direction, east or west, would you find your shadow?

• east
• west

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9. Does your shadow appear longer at sunrise or at noon?

• sunrise
• noon

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10. What is a synonym for rotate?

• spin
• orbit

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