Earth's Motion

The term equinox means....

• equal amount of day light and equal amount of night

• Equal amount of winter and summer

• Equal amounts of hot dogs for everyone

• The longest day of the year

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Which is not a thing that impacts seasons?

• The amount of direct or indirect sunlight an area gets

• The distance from the sun

• The tilt of the Earth

• The revolution of the Earth around the sun

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The Earth's _______ is an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole.

• vernal equinox

• axis

• solar eclipse

• solar flare

About how long does it take Earth to make one complete rotation on its axis at the equator?

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• 29.5 days

• 365 days

Earth moves around the sun because of the pull of ___ between Earth and the Sun.

• gravity

• orbit

• rotation

• revolution

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The seasons are caused by....

• the direction Earth's rotation axis and Earth's motion around the sun

• the distance Earth is from the sun

• the shape of Earth's orbit

• the tides of the motion

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The yearly orbit of Earth around the sun is called its..

• rotation

• revolution

• orbit

• nuclear fusion

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It takes one ___ for Earth to complete one rotation.

• year

• hour

• day

• month

A solstice is a day when_____.

• Earth's rotation axis is most toward the sun

• Earth's rotation axis is most away from the sun

• both options are correct

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A _____ is a day when Earth's rotation axis is leaning along Earth's orbit, nether toward nor away from the sun.

• solstice

• equinox

• orbit

• season