Earth's Rotation

What is a rotation?

• A spin around a center.

• A transformation in which a figure is reflected
• A transformation in which a figure is translated
• an imaginary line about which a body rotates.

What is an axis?

• an imaginary line about which a body rotates.

• a spin around a center

• a thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance

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The 24 hours that Earth takes to make a rotation is ____.

The side of the Earth facing away into space is experiencing ___________.

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When the sun appears to rise in the east, we are experiencing ______ on Earth.

• High noon
• Sunrise
• Sunset
• Moonrise

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When the sun appears to set in the west, we are experiencing ___________ on Earth.

• sunrise
• moonset
• sunset

• noon

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What gives us different positions of the sun during the daytime?

• The Earth's orbit
• The moon's orbit
• Earth's rotation
• The sun's orbit

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When the is about 45 degrees up from the horizon in the east, what time is it?

• 3:00 AM
• 12:00 PM
• 6:00 PM
• 9:00 AM

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When the is about 45 degrees up from the horizon in the west, what time is it?

• 12:00 PM
• 6:00 PM

• 3:00 PM
• 9:00 PM

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When is the sun at it's highest point in the sky?

• Midnight
• Noon

• Sunset
• Dawn

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