Earths movement

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

• revolution
• rotation
• precession
• gyration

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

• 7
• 30
• 91
• 365

The right side of this illustration represents...

• ...night.
• ...winter.
• ...summer.
• ...fall.

What is Earth's daily motion on its axis called?

• Rotation

• Revolution

If Earth rotated slower, we would have...

• shorter days.
• longer days.
• shorter years.
• longer years.

Why does Earth experience seasons?

• Earth is closer to the Sun in the summer.

• Earth is furthur away from the Sun in the winter.

• Earth's Axis is tilted and the Earth revolves around the Sun.

• The Earth rotates once every 24 hours.

When the sun is just above the East horizon, which of the following is true?

• Sunset will occur in less than 2 hours.

• Sunrise occurred within the last 6 hours.

• Sunrise will occur in less than 2 hours.

• Sunset occurred within the last 6 hours.

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

The Earth is rotating on its axis, creating _____

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

The Earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees.

• 23.5
• 25.3
• 30.2
• 24