The Sun Moon and Earth

Select 2: Revoloution can be described by what TWO answers

• spinning on an axis

• causes day and night

• orbiting, traveling in a closed path

• causes the seasons and year

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How long does it take for the Earth to rotate one complete time?

• 24 hours

• 28 days

• 1 month

• 365 days

The sun and the moon seem to move across the sky each day because....

• Earth revolves around the sun

• Earth rotation on its axis

• The earth revolves around the moon

• The sun and the moon revolve around Earth

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A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves directly between the sun and earth

• True

• False

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How long does earth take to make one rotation?

• 365 Days

• 6 months

• 24 hours

• 12 hours

What causes day and night?

• The tilt of the earth's axis

• Earth's rotation on its axis

• Eclipses

• Phases

What causes the earth to have seasons?

• It rotates on its axis

• The distance between Earth and the Sun changes

• The axis is tilted as it moves around the sun

• Because of the equator

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When neither end of Earth's axis is tilted toward or away from the sun, a(n) ________ occurs.

• Solstice

• Equinox

• Elipse

• Phase

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The moon is attracted to Earth and stays in orbit around Earth because

• Inertia

• Gravity

• Umbras

• Penumbras

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When North America is tilted toward the sun, we are experiencing which season?

• Summer

• Winter

• Fall

• Spring

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