Earth's Rotation and Revolution

What causes seasons to change on Earth?

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's revolution around the sun

What looks to be the motion of the Sun in the sky is really caused by the motion of _____

• the Earth
• the stars
• the planets
• the Earth's axis

What causes day and night on Earth?

• Earth's rotation on it's axis

• Earth's revolution around the sun

How long does it take for the Earth to make one full orbit around the Sun?

• one day
• one week
• one month
• one year

The Earth is rotating on its axis, creating _____

• the 12 months
• the years
• the seasons
• day and night

The spinning movement of the Earth about its axis is called the Earth's _____

• revolution
• rotation
• precession
• orbit

When the Earth completes a full orbit around the Sun, it has completed _____ rotations or days

• 7
• 30
• 91
• 365

The movement of the Earth around the Sun is called its _____

• revolution
• rotation
• precession
• gyration

The invisible line that passes through the North Pole and the South Pole is called Earth's ____

• axis
• equator
• ecliptic
• prime meridian

As the Earth travels around the Sun, it creates a pattern that makes _____

• the months
• the years
• the seasons
• day and night