earth rotation and moon phases

Florence goes outside her house at 7:00 pm and looks at the Little Dipper star pattern in the night time sky.

Florence goes back outside at 10:00 pm and looks for the Little Dipper. What does Florence see?

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____ an object orbiting around another object

• revolution

• rotation

• axis

• tilt

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The imaginary line the Earth spins on is called __________.

• tilted

• axis

• revolution

• rotation

1 day is equal to

• 24 hours

• 20 hours

• 12 hours

Which best explains why we have seasons?

• The Earth and Moon change distances from the Sun causing seasons to change

• The Moon's gravitational pull causes the seasons to change

• The Earth's tilted axis and its orbit around the sun causes the seasons to change

• The Earth's rotation around the Moon and Sun causes seasons to change

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1 year is equal to

• 12 months

• 10 months

• 6 months

High and low tides are caused by ______________.

• the sun

• the Earth

• space

• the moon

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The Earth rotates from west to east, therefore, the Sun appears to ____.

• rise in the west and set in the east

• rise in the north and set in the south

• rise in the south and set in the north

• rise in the east and set in the west

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This phase is ______.

• full moon

• waxing crescent moon

• first quarter

• waning gibbous

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Part of the diagram of Earth has a box around it.

What is shown inside the box?

• the South Pole

• the Equator

• the axis of the Earth

• the orbit of the Earth