Space/Moon phases,tidal waves

what are the days that the Earth is more tilted towards the sun?

• Polaris

• Equator

• Nebula

• Solstices

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How long does earth's rotation last? 

• 90 hours
• about 1 hour
• 24 hours
• 48 hours

What is an example of one Earth day?

• The Earth moves away from the sun.
• The Earth rotates once on its axis.
• The Earth revolves once on its axis.
• The Earth moves closer to the sun.

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The spinning of an object on its axis is called______

• orbit
• rotation
• revolution
• tide

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Which of the following explains the revolution of a planet?

• The Earth revolves around the sun once per day.
• The Earth revolves around the sun once per year.
• The moon revolves around the sun once per day.
• The Earth rotates on it's axis once per day.

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Which of the following helps explain why the planets remain in motion around the sun?

• density

• gravity

• inertia

• both gravity and inertia

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Revolution

• turning or spinning on an axis

• an imaginary line that runs through both poles of a planet

• the path an object, such as a planet, takes as it revolves around another object

• the action of one object moving completely around another in an orbital path

solar system

• each of the four divisions of the year marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours

• the shape of the lit part of the moon as seen from Earth

• the eight planets, the moons, and other objects that orbit the Sun

• the partial or total blocking of light of one object by another

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crater

• the rising and falling of the ocean's surface

• an object that orbits another object in space

• a large hole in the ground caused by an asteroid

• the partial or total blocking of light of one object by another

This picture shows Earth's 

• Rotation
• Revolution

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