Earth's Movement

What is the definition of Earth's Rotation?

• Earth spins around the moon.

• Earth orbits away from the sun.

• Earth orbits around the sun.

• Earth spins around its axis.

What is the definition on Earth's Revolution?

• Earth orbits around the moon.

• Earth spins around its axis.

• Earth obits around the sun.

• Earth spins around the moon.

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Day and night are caused by _______.

• the tilt of Earth's axis

• Earth's revolution

• the moon

• Earth's rotation

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Which is NOT a reason why we have seasons on Earth?

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's tilt

• Earth's revoluation

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Why does the sun, moon, and stars appear to move in the sky?

• Earth's rotation

• the moon's rotation

• they don't seem to move across the sky

• Earth's tilt

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How long does Earth's rotation and revolution takes?

• rotation takes 365 days/ revolution takes 24 hours

• rotation takes 1 year/ revolution takes 1 day

• rotation takes 24 hours/ revolution takes 365 days

What do you expect to happen if Earth DID NOT rotate around its own axis?

• There would be darkness on both sides of Earth all the times.

• There would be daylight on both sides of Earth all the times.

• It would be darkness on one side of the Earth all the time and daylight on the other side of Earth.

• There would be longer days and shorter nights.

What keeps Earth revolving around the sun, and not moving away from or towards it?

• the pull of the moon

• the force of gravity

• the tilt of Earth's axis

• the rotation of Earth

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What is a clue that Earth is moving around the sun?

• The stars move around Earth.

• You can feel Earth's movement

• The seasons change during the year.

• Earth is not moving

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Why do shadows change size and directions during the day?

• Shadows change size and direction because of the Earth's tilt.

• The shadows change size and direction because of the Earth's revolution.

• Shadows do not change size and direction throughout the day.

• When the sun is low in the sky shadows are long and when the sun is high in the sky shadows are short.

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