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WorksheetsEarth's movement
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 21mins
The sun APPEARS to move across the sky, during the day. Which of the following causes shadows to change length throughout the day?
earth's rotation
earth's revolution
sun's revolution
earth's orbit
Many cultures have different methods to determine the time of day. Which of the following is an ancient tool invented to determine the time of day?
watch
clock
sundial
compass
Where does the sun rise?
west
east
north
south
Earth rotates on its axis once approximately every-
month
24 hours
year
12 hours
Earth's rotation causes the day and night cycle. It also causes-
the sun appear to move
the sun remain in orbit
the sun orbit earth
all of the above
A student looks outside and observes the sun in the western sky. Which of the following times could it be?
sunrise
sunset
noon
midnight
Earth revolves around the sun, but it also makes one complete rotation. How long does it take Earth to make one complete rotation on its axis?
365 days
1 month
1 day
1 week
The spinning of the Earth on its axis
Rotation
Revolution
Seasons
Axis
An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center at its North and South poles
Axis
Pole
Shadow
Orbit
How long it takes the Earth to rotate on its axis once
365 Days
One Year
22 Hours
24 Hours
Shade cast upon a surface by something blocking light
Shade Area
Shadow
Blocking Area
Day
To travel in a closed path around an object such as the Earth does around the sun
Orbit
Revolution
Axis
Rotation
The PATH one object takes as it revolves around another object in space
Rotation
Revolution
Axis
Orbit
The time it takes Earth to rotate; 24 hours
Revolution
Day
Axis
Rotation
To travel in a closed path around an object such as the Earth does around the sun
Orbit
Revolution
Axis
Rotation
The PATH one object takes as it revolves around another object in space
Rotation
Revolution
Axis
Orbit
The time it takes Earth to rotate; 24 hours
Revolution
Day
Axis
Rotation
Day/Night Cycle
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
When the Earth completes a full revolution around the Sun, it has completed _____ rotations or days
7
30
91
365
