TCI Unit 4 Lesson 3 - Why is there Day and Night?

Earth rotates around an

• spin

• axis

• South Pole

• day

• rotation

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To rotate means to

• South Pole

• day

• axis

• spin

• rotation

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Earth's axis is an imaginary line going through the middle of the planet from its North Pole to its

• axis

• South Pole

• spin

• day

• rotation

Earth makes one complete spin, or ________, about its axis every 24 hours.

• axis

• South Pole

• spin

• day

• rotation

Each spin is one _______ on Earth.

• axis

• spin

• South Pole

• day

Day and night are caused by _________.

• Earth's rotation

• the seasons

• the moon's orbit around Earth

• the sun's rotation

The Earth rotates once every

• 48 hours

• week

• 24 hours

• year

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The sun rises in the __________.

• south

• west

• east

• north

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The sun sets in the ________.

• south

• west

• east

• north

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In every 24 hour period, _________.

• there will be a sunrise and sunset.

• there will be a daytime and a nighttime.

• the Earth will rotate once about its axis.

• all of the above.

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