What Makes Day and Night?

1. Day and night is caused by the spinning of the ________.

• A. Earth
• B. Moon

2. The imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth is called its __________.

• A. apple
• B. axis

3. When it is daytime on one side of the Earth, it is ________ on the other side.

• A. nighttime
• B. Christmas time

4. It takes ____________ for the Earth to rotate one time.

• A. 24 years
• B. 24 hours

5. The Earth rotates at __________ miles per hour.

• A. 10
• B. 1000

6. What is something you do at night?

• A. Watch fireworks
• B. Eat lunch

7. What is something you do during the day?

• A. Go to bed
• B. Go to school

8. What is something you do at night?

• A. Catch lightning bugs
• B. See the sun in the sky

9. What is something you do during the day?

• A. Count stars
• B. Wear sunglasses

10. How do you know when it is nighttime?

• A. The sun rises
• B. The sun sets