Earth's Orbit & Rotation

The sun rises in the ________________.

• SOUTH

• EAST

• WEST

• NORTH

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Check off the names of real planets in our solar system: (There will be more than one correct answer)

• Mercury, Saturn, and Uranus

• Venus, Neptune, and Jupiter

• Earth and Mars

• Pluto, Goofy, and Mickey

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How long does it take for the Earth to make one rotation on it's axis?

• 6 months

• 365 Days

• 24 hours

• 48 hours

How long does it take for the Earth to make one full revolution around the sun?

• 48 hours

• 24 hours

• 365 days / 1 year

• 365 years

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Rotation means __________.

• to revolve around the sun.

• to spin.

• to move around.

• to be on fire.

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The Earth spins around from __________to ____________.

• north to south

• east to west

• west to east

• south to north

_______________ are caused by earth’s tilted axis and earth’s revolution around the sun.

• Earth's revolutions

• Earth's Seasons

• Earth's rotations

• Day & Night

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When the sun faces right at the center of the earth, we have ______ and ________.

• fall and winter

• spring and summer

• spring and fall

• winter and summer

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What is the definition of orbit?

• the spinning of the earth on its axis
• when the lit part of the moon increases
• all of the planets, moon, and other space objects going around the sun
• the imaginary line that goes through the north and south poles that the earth spins on

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What is the center of our solar system?

• moon
• earth
• sun
• Jupiter

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