Earth's rotation

What word means to make a complete spin on an axis?

• Orbit

• Double Mint

• Rotation

• Root words

What is the name of the star at the center of the solar system that supplies heat and light to earth?

• Sun

• Earth

• Mars

• Thanks

What is an imaginary line around which a sphere rotates?

• Revolution

• Axis

• Rotation

• Moon

How long does it take Earth to make one complete rotation

• 24 hours

• One year

• One hour

• One day

_________ is when sunlight shines on a given point on the surface of Earth.

• Nighttime

• Daytime

• Noon

• Evening

The rotation of Earth is responsible for day and night

• true
• false

Objects in the NORTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?

• Left

• Up

• Down

• Right

Objects in the SOUTHERN Hemisphere deflect to which direction due to the Coriolis Effect?

• Left

• Up

• Down

• Right

The Coriolis Effect is caused by what?

• The wind blowing

• Earth's gravity pulling things down

• The rotation of the Earth

• The pull of the Moon

The Coriolis effect causes ___________.

• the Earth to rotate on its axis

• earthquakes

• global winds to move in a curved path instead of a straight line

• the Earth to revolve around the sun