Earth's Season's Vocabulary Quiz

What do you call the act of the earth turning around on its axis?"

• Revolution

• Axis

• Orbit

• Rotation

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What does the Earth's rotation cause?

• The Earth's revolution around the Sun

• The Earth's axis is tilted

• Day and night

• Different seasons in different parts of the world

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What is a revolution in astronomical terms?

• The path that an object takes as it revolves around another object

• The movement of one object around another

• An imaginary line that an object rotates around

• To slant or lean in a particular direction

How long does the Earth's revolution around the Sun take?

• 24 hours

• 365 days

• One month

• One season

What is an axis?

• The movement of one object around another

• An imaginary line that an object rotates around

• The path that an object takes as it revolves around another object

• To slant or lean in a particular direction

What causes the Earth's seasons?

• The Earth's rotation

• The Earth's revolution around the Sun

• The Earth's axis is tilted

• The Earth's orbit around the Sun

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What is an orbit?

• The movement of one object around another

• An imaginary line that an object rotates around

• The path that an object takes as it revolves around another object

• To slant or lean in a particular direction

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What shape is the Earth's orbit around the Sun?

• Circular

• Square

• Triangular

• Elliptical

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What does the verb "tilt" mean?

• The movement of one object around another

• An imaginary line that an object rotates around

• The path that an object takes as it revolves around another object

• To slant or lean in a particular direction

What effect does the Earth's tilt have on the world?

• It causes day and night

• It causes the Earth to revolve around the Sun

• It causes the Earth's orbit to be elliptical

• It causes different seasons in different parts of the world

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