Rotation vs. Revolution!

This picture shows Earth's

• Rotation
• Revolution

This is the imaginary line that intersects the Earth through both the North and South Poles

• Equator
• Axis
• Fault line
• Latitude

When shooting a basketball in gym class, the basketball travels through the air spinning representing Earth's

• Rotation
• Revolution

Day and night on Earth is caused by

• The tilt of Earth's axis
• Earth's revolution around the sun
• Eclipses
• Earth's rotation on it's axis

Spinning of the Earth on its axis is called...

• rotation
• revolution
• orbit
• double axis

Earth's rotation takes about 

• 365 days
• 6 months
• 24 hours
• 1 month

When viewed from above, the Earth revolves around the Sun in which direction? (The Earth also rotates in the same direction.)

• clockwise

• counterclockwise

• it doesn't move

This picture shows Earth's 

• Rotation
• Revolution

Earth has seasons because 

• Earth rotates on it's axis
• The distance between Earth and the sun changes
• The temperature of the sun changes
• Earth's axis is tilted as it moves around the sun

What does rotation of the Earth mean?

• Spin
• Orbit
• Circle
• Pulse