Quiz about 8.7A Day & Night Cycle

Question 1

What is the line running down the center of Earth called?

Accepted Answer

Axis

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Equator

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North Pole

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South Pole

Question 2

Period of 24 hours or the time it takes Earth to make one complete spin on its axis

Accepted Answer

Rotation

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Compass

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Sundail

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Movement

Question 3

What 2 things cause seasons on Earth?

Accepted Answer

axis and orbit

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Winter and Fall

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Summer and Spring

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Sun and Moon

Question 4

The Earth revolves around the Sun every...

Accepted Answer

year

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month

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day

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3 years

Question 5

The Sun moves around the Earth and the Earth stays still.

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False

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True

Question 6

As the Earth rotates, the part of the Earth facing the sun has ________.

Accepted Answer

daylight

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an axis

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darkness (night)

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winter

Question 7

As the Earth rotates, the part of the Earth facing away from the sun has ________.

Accepted Answer

darkness (night)

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daylight

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summer

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nice weather

Question 8

Earth is tilted on its _______.

Accepted Answer

axis

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side

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hemisphere

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equator

Question 9

The orbit is the same as ____________.

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Revolving

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Rotating

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Spinning

Question 10

Rotation causes ___________.

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Day and Night

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Seasons

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The Earth to be tilted

Question 11

^{What does the Earth orbit around?}

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sun

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axis

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orbit

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moon

Question 12

If the earth didn't rotate on its axis.  What natural cycle would this affect?

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day and night

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seasons

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tides

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moon phases

Question 13

Which part of Earth is experiencing night?

Accepted Answer

D

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A

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B

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C

Question 14

If the earth rotated slower, how would that affect the length of the day?

Accepted Answer

longer day

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shorter day

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same time,  24 hours

Question 15

Earth's axis is tilted at -

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23.5 degrees

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33.5 degrees

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28 degrees

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90 degrees

Question 16

The diagram shows the Earth's movement around its' axis. What is this diagram demonstrating?

Accepted Answer

day and night

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seasons

Question 17

Which answer correctly labels each letter as day and night?

Accepted Answer

X = day
Y = night

Answer

X = night
Y = day

Question 18

A student wants to use a spinning basketball to model the day-and-night cycle on Earth.

What should the student do in order to best model the cause of the day-and-night cycle?

Accepted Answer

Shine a bright light on one side of the ball

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Spin the ball in different directions

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Tilt the ball while it is spinning

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Paint one half of the ball black and the other half white

Question 19

Which of these locations on Earth experiences the least change in the number of daylight hours throughout the year?

Accepted Answer

Equator

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North Pole

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Tropic of Cancer

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Tropic of Capricorn

Question 20

Shadows growing longer and shorter are evidence of  ____________

Accepted Answer

Earth's rotation

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Earth's tilt

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Earth's revolution

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Earth's weather

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