Earth's Patterns and Movement

How long does it take for the Earth to make one full orbit around the Sun?

• one day
• one week
• one month
• one year

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The Earth is rotating on its axis, creating _____

• the 12 months
• the years
• the seasons
• day and night

As the Earth travels around the Sun, it creates a pattern that makes _____

• the months
• the years
• the seasons
• day and night

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When the Earth completes a full orbit around the Sun, it has completed _____ rotations or days

• 7
• 30
• 91
• 365

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What looks like the motion of the Sun in the sky...

is really caused by the motion of _____.

• the Earth

• the stars

• the planets

• the Earth's axis

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The spinning movement of the Earth about its axis is called the Earth's _____

• revolution
• rotation
• precession
• orbit

The movement of the Earth around the Sun is called its _____

• revolution
• rotation
• precession
• gyration

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Which of the periods listed below is closest to a very common unit of Earth time?

• 8 hours, 33 minutes

• 1,536 hours, 55 minutes

• 23 hours, 59 minutes

• 52 hours, 15 minutes

Which part of Earth is experiencing night?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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The change from day time to night time, and back again, is caused by

• the position of the Moon
• the movement of the tides
• the brightness of the Sun
• the rotation of the Earth

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