Earth's Rotation and Revolution Exam

Students make a model using a globe and a flashlight.

Which answer choice best explains the change from daytime to nighttime on Earth?

• Earth moves farther away from the sun at night.

• The tilt of Earth causes less light to reach Earth at night.

• Earth rotates and causes different parts of Earth to experience night.

• Earth revolves around the sun and causes half the Earth to experience night.

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Which of the following is the most accurately portrayed in the model?

Please look at model (picture). 

• The ratio of the size of the Sun and the Earth

• The ratio of the size of the Moon and the Sun

• The movement of the Earth around the Sun

• The movement of the Moon around the Earth

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When it is Summer in the Southern Hemisphere, it is Summer in the Northern Hemisphere.

True or False

• True

• False

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How long does it take for the Earth to complete an entire orbit around the Sun?

• 24 hours

• 28 days

• 365 days

• 12-14 hours

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While Earth is rotating on its axis, it is completing a revolution around the Sun.

True or False.

• True

• False

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.In terms of seasons, if the Earth’s axis is tilted away from the Sun, we are likely to experience ________________________.

• shorter days and shorter nights

• shorter days and longer nights

• longer days and longer nights

• longer days and shorter nights

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What Hemisphere is the United States located in?

• Northeastern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

• Southeastern Hemisphere

The Earth is kept following the orbit around the Sun by __________.

• gravitational forces

• magnetic forces

• thermal forces

• electric forces

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The sun is __________

• The smallest planet

• The largest planet

• The closest star to Earth

• The farthest star from Earth

When Earth is in this position above, which location would experience the greatest number of daylight hours?

Please look at the model (picture).

• Position A

• Position B

• Position B

• Position D

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