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The spinning of Earth on its axis is called:

• Perihelion

• Rotation

• Precession

• Revolution

The spinning of Earth on its axis is called:

• True

• False

The point at which Earth is closest to the sun is called:

• perihelion

• apogee

• perigee

• aphelion

What is Earth’s motion in its path around the sun called?

• revolution

• rotation

• aphelion

• precession

Is the following sentence true or false? A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes into Earth’s shadow.

• True

• False

What is precession?

• the tilt of Earth’s axis in relation to the ecliptic

• the rotation of Earth as it moves around the sun

• the slow change in the direction in which Earth’s axis tilts

• the faster orbital velocity of the planet at perihelion

Because of__________________ , the North Star will no longer be Polaris in several thousand years.

• rotation

• precession

• revolution

What is the light, outer part of a shadow called?

• sidereal lunar

• penumbra

• mean solar

• umbra

A solar eclipse occurs when:

• Earth casts a dark shadow on the moon.

• the moon casts a dark shadow on Earth.

• Earth casts a dark shadow on the sun.

• the sun casts a dark shadow on the moon.

Type of eclipse where the penumbra part of the Moon’s shadow falls on Earth, that part sees the sun covered partially by the Moon

• sidereal solar

• partial solar

• annular solar

• total solar