The Earth's Rotation and Revolution

The Earth is rotating on its axis, creating _____

• Day and Night

• The seasons

• The years

• The 12 months

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Revolution of the earth takes______________

• one day

• one summer

• one winter

• one year

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What motion of the Earth takes 365 and 1/4 days?

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Spinning

• Tilting

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The earth's revolution is called an orbit, and we orbit around _____.

• Earth

• Moon

• Sun

• Venus

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The Earth's _______ is an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole.

• Axis

• Solar Eclipse

• Solar Flare

• Vernal Equinox

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The Earth spins on a tilted angle through the ______________-

• Axis

• Gravity

• Ground

• Revolution

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The  Earth completes a full orbit around the Sun in _____?

• 362 and ¼ days

• 363 and ¼ days  

• 364 and ¼ days        

• 365 and ¼  days

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The equal length of day and night during March 21 is called_______.

• autumnal equinox

• summer solstice

• spring equinox

• winter solstice

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If the dark side of the Earth is in the shadow it is facing the________

• Mercury    

• moon     

• sun      

• Venus

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The spinning movement of the Earth about its axis is called the Earth's___________

• orbit

• precession

• revolution

• rotation

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