Earth's Orbit Quiz

Why do we have a leap year every four years?

Earth's orbit around the sun is what causes night and day.

• True

• False

All constellations are visible from the Earth each night.

• True

• False

List two observations that would lead you to believe that the Earth rotates on its axis.

What kind of instrument, developed by Leon Foucault, provides physical evidence that Earth is rotating on its axis?

Fill in the blank using the word the same as or different than. Other planets, such as Mars and Jupiter, have year-lengths that are ___ the length of a year on Earth.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

If it is 9 am in San Francisco, is it also 9 am in New York? Why or why not?

A sundial uses patterns of what to tell time?

It takes this long for the Earth to rotate once on its axis.

• 1 year

• 24 hours

• 1 week

• 365.25 days

The spinning movement on it axis is called __________.

• summer

• Earth's rotation

• seasons