9.1 Quiz: rotation and revolution

How long does it take for the Earth to make one full orbit around the Sun?

• one day
• one week
• one month
• one year

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The Earth is rotating on its axis, creating _____

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

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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

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

• 7
• 30
• 91
• 365

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Which happens in one year’s time?

• The moon makes one complete revolution around Earth.
  
• Earth makes one complete revolution around the sun.
• Earth makes one complete spin on its axis.
• The sun makes one complete spin on its axis.

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What is the name of the imaginary line running through the North Pole to the South Pole?

• orbit
• axis
• equator
• latitude

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

• facing away from the Sun
• facing toward

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What word means to make a complete spin on an axis?

• Orbit

• Double Mint

• Rotation

• Root words

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What is the word for the path an object takes as it revolves around another object in space?

• Axis

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

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Why do we experience the changing of the season on the earth?

• distance from the sun
• rotation of the earth
• change in solar output
• tilt of the earth's axix

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