Earth’s Rotation, Revolution and Insolation

How long does it take for the Earth to rotate one time?

• 24 hours
• 28 days
• 1 month
• 365 days

If it is day on one side of Earth, then what is happening on the other side of Earth?

• It is day there, too!
• It is raining.
• It is very hot.
• It is night.

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How long does it take for the Earth to revolve around the sun?

• about 24 hours

• about one month

• 365.25 days

• two years and two days

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Which word means to spin?

• axis
• rotate
• revolve
• revolution

How often does the sun seem to rise in the east and set in the west?

• every month
• every week
• every day
• every hour

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What causes nighttime and daytime on Earth?

• the Moon revolving around the Earth
• the Earth rotating around the Sun
• the Earth rotating on its tilted axis
• the Sun rotating on its axis

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The four seasons occur in -

• one year

• one month

• one week

• one day

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What causes the four seasons?

• The revolution of the moon around the Earth

• The revolution of the Earth around the Sun and the tilt of its axis

• The revolution of the Sun around the earth

• The rotation of your body when you sit on a spinning chair

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It takes an entire year for the -

• Earth to rotate on its axis

• Earth to revolve around the Sun

• Moon to revolve around the Earth

• Sun to revolve around the Earth

When the North pole is facing toward the Sun, which hemisphere is experiencing winter?

• Northern
• Southern

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