Rotation and Revolution

Earth rotates on its axis once approximately every-

• month

• 24 hours

• year

• 12 hours

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The path a planet takes around the Sun is called _____.

• rotation

• revolution

• orbit

• inversion

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What do we call sections of the earth?

• axis

• semispheres

• horizon

• hemispheres

Earth's axis is tilted at around __ degrees.

• 20^o

• 23^o

• 13^o

• 83^o

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Reorder the following.

• Revolution

• North & South

• Hemispheres

• One Day

• Rotation

• One Year

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The PATH one object takes as it revolves around another object in space

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Axis

• Orbit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Day/Night Cycle on Earth

• 48 hours pattern, 12 hours of light, 12 hours of darkness

• 24 hour pattern, 12 hours of light, 12 hours of darkness

• 20 hour pattern, 10 hours of light, 10 hours of darkness

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the name of the imaginary line running through the North Pole to the South Pole?

• orbit
• axis
• equator
• latitude

Earth's rotation takes about

• 365 days

• 6 months

• 24 hours

• 1 month

The Earth is rotating on its axis, creating _____

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6