Rotation and Revolution

What gives Earth it's seasons?

• Earth's axial tilt of 23.5 degrees and our revolution around the Sun

• The imaginary line that Earth rotates on

• The speed in which we're travelling through space

• Earth's north and south pole

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What is another result of Earth's rotation?

• Shadows on Earth

• Sunrise

• Sunset

• All of the above

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Saturn rotates on its axis approximately once every 10 hours. From this information, it can be concluded that Saturn will differ from Earth in which of the following ways?

• Saturn will have more extreme seasonal temperature changes than Earth.

• The length of one year on Saturn will be twice as long as on Earth.

• Shadows cast on the surface of Saturn will be shorter than on Earth.

• A day/night cycle on Saturn will be less than half the time of the same cycle on Earth.

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The only planet currently known to sustain life and have an atmosphere _______ on an axis, causing the cycle of day and night.

Period of 24 hours or the time it takes Earth to make one complete spin on its axis

• Rotation

• Compass

• Sundail

• Movement

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Orbit or movement around the sun.

• rotation

• revolution

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Spinning of a planet on its axis.

• rotation

• revolution

Earth rotates on this imaginary line.

• diagonal

• axis

• radius

• diameter

Period during Earth's rotation when Earth faces away from the Sun and it is dark

• day

• night

• shadow

• stars

Which of the following best explains day and night on Earth?

• The Lunar Cycle

• Earth's Rotation

• Earth's Orbit

• Tides

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