Gravity, Rotation & Revolution

What causes day and night?

• revolution of Earth
• rotation of Earth
• orbit of Earth
• The moon blocks the Sun

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How long does it take for Earth to rotate on its axis one time?

• 24 hours
• 24.25 hours
• 365 days
• 365.25 days

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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What causes the sun to look like it is rising in the east and setting in the west?

• moon's orbit
• sun's rotation
• Earth's revolution
• Earth's rotation

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The sun doesn't go anywhere. It seems to leave because the Earth is rotating/spinning and sometimes we face the sun and sometimes we don't

• true

• false

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As the Earth travels around the sun one complete time, it makes one -

• revolution

• rotation

• day

• month

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In this diagram, the motion of the Earth can best be described as -

• Gravity

• Inertia

• Revolution

• Rotation

What two things determine the gravity of an object?

• mass & weight

• mass & distance

• density & mass

• volume & distance

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The EARTH REVOLVES around the:

• Sun
• Moon
• The Earth doesn't revolve
• The sun rotates

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The MOON REVOLVES around the:

• Sun
• Earth
• The Moon doesn't revolve
• The Earth and Sun 

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