Rotation, Revolution, and Seasons

What is an example of rotation

• When the Earth spins once on it's axis

• When the Earth goes around the sun

• When the moon goes around the Earth

• When the sun moves closer to the Earth

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What is an example of revolution?

• When the Earth spins once on its axi

• When the Earth goes around the sun

• When it changes from day to night

• When the sun moves closer tot he Earth

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What is the axis of the Earth?

• The average distance between Earth and the sun

• The time it takes the Earth to travel around the sun once

• The imaginary line form pole to pole around which the Earth spins

• The latitude on the Earth which is receiving the most direct sunlight

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Which of these takes one day to complete?

• 1 rotation of the Earth

• 1 revolution of the Earth

• 1 rotation of the sun

• 1 revolution of the sun

Which of these takes one year to complete?

• 1 rotation of the Earth

• 1 revolution of the Earth

• 1 rotation of the sun

• 1 revolution of the sun

When it is winter here in the northern hemisphere, what season is it it Australia, in the the southern hemisphere?

• Summer

• Winter

• Spring

• Fall

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The equator gets more direct sunlight and the poles receive less. This means that...

• The poles are warmer than the equator

• The equator will always have longer days than the poles

• The equator is warmer than the poles

• The poles have less extreme seasons

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On the summer solstice...

• we have the shortest day of the year

• we have an equal amount of day and night

• we have the longest day of the year

• The Earth is closest to the sun

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What is an equinox?

• When the Earth is farthest from the sun

• When we have the longest night of the year

• When Earth is closest to the sun

• When we have an equal length of day and night

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During the summer our hemisphere is...

• closest to the sun

• tilted toward the sun

• farthest from the sun

• tilted away from the sun

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