Earth's Rotation and Revolution

Multiple Choice

What causes the seasons to change?

• Earth's rotation on its axis

• Earth's revolution around the sun

Multiple Choice

What causes day and night?

• Earth's rotation on its axis

• Earth's revolution around the sun

Multiple Select

How long does it take the Earth to rotate on its axis?

• 1 day

• 1 month

• 1 year

• 24 hours

Multiple Select

How long does it take Earth to make one complete revolution around the sun?

• 1 day

• 1 month

• 1 year

• about 365 1/4 days

Multiple Choice

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

• 7

• 30

• 180

• 365

Multiple Choice

In order for us to experience day, the side of the Earth we live on must be __________ the Sun.

• facing

• facing away from

Multiple Choice

Which part of Earth is experiencing night?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

The imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole is called Earth's __________.

• equator

• Prime Meridian

• axis

• eclipse

Multiple Choice

What looks to be the motion of the Sun in the sky, is really the spinning motion of __________.

• the Earth

• the planets

• the stars

• the moon

Multiple Choice

During winter, the combination of few daylight hours and less direct sunlight causes _________ temperatures.

• lower (colder)

• higher (warmer)