Grade 8 Earth Rotation Around the Sun

As Earth moves around the Sun, it _____

• Spins

• Walks

• Slides

• Dives

Earth rotates on an imaginary line through its __________.

• Center

• Side

• Tip

• Bottom

One complete rotation of Earth takes about _______ hours.

• 12

• 24

• 36

• 48

A spinning motion is called ________.

• Rotation

• Mixing

• Friction

• Reflection

This rotation helps produce Earth’s cycle of ________________.

• Day and Night

• Seasons

• Years

• Rain

regions near the poles receive less energy than regions near the equator.

• True

• False

Earth warmer at the poles and colder at the equator.

• True

• False

Because Earth’s surface is not curved, different parts of Earth’s surface receive different amounts of the Sun’s energy.

• False

• True

A _______ is a day when Earth’s rotation axis is the most toward or away from the Sun.

• Solstice

• Equinox

An ________ is a day when Earth’s rotation axis is leaning along Earth’s orbit, neither toward nor away from the Sun.

• Solstice

• Equinox