Earth Day/Night and Year

You are getting ready for school.  On the other side of the world, students are getting ready for _______.

• school
• bed
• breakfast
• lunch

Which of the following tools are used to magnify the appearance of distant objects in the sky?

• telescope
• periscope
• microscope
• horoscope

What causes the sun to look like it is rising in the east and setting in the west?

• moon's orbit
• sun's rotation
• Earth's orbit (revolution)
• Earth's rotation

What is the name of the imaginary line running through the North Pole to the South Pole?

• orbit
• axis
• equator
• latitude

The changing angle of the sun's rays hitting Earth causes ______________

• day and night
• weather
• shadows
• seasons

Look at the picture. What does it depict?

• seasons of the year
• day and night
• revolution of the Earth
• phases of the moon

In order for us to experience day, the side of the Earth we live on must be __________ the Sun.

• facing away from the Sun
• facing toward

Shadows growing longer and shorter are evidence of  ____________

• Earth's rotation
• Earth's tilt
• Earth's revolution
• Earth's weather

What causes the sun to look like it is rising in the east and setting in the west?

• moon's orbit
• sun's rotation
• Earth's revolution
• Earth's rotation

The purpose of a telescope is to make far away objects seem ____________.

• larger 
• more colorful
• less fuzzy
• brighter and closer