Time and the Earth

How did people tell time before clocks were invented?

• By watching the sun move across the sky

• By using hourglasses

• By counting the number of stars in the sky

• By listening to the sound of bells

What is the time it takes for the Earth to make one complete turn called?

• A day

• An hour

• A month

• A year

How many minutes are there in a day?

• 60

• 144

• 1,440

• 14,400

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

• 365 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, and 12 seconds

• 24 hours

• 60 minutes

• 12 months

How are time zones divided?

• By the movement of the Earth

• By the number of hours in a day

• By the number of minutes in an hour

• By the number of seconds in a minute

The axis is

• a planet

• an imaginary line

• the sun

• the planet

Accurate means...

• correct

• not correct

• funny

• silly

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The opposite side is the same as

• the morning

• the evening

• the other side

• the clock side

A line we imagine through the middle of something. The object turns around the line.

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A large round object in space that moves around the sun or another star