Lesson 2 - Earth's Motion

Because the tilt of Earth's axis always points in the same direction, the seasons in the Northern and Southern hemisphere are always _________

• the same

• opposite

• three months apart

• six months apart

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Earth completes one full _________ on its axis every 24 hours

• rotation

• revolution

• resolution

• reservation

when it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, which seasons is it in the Southern hemisphere?

• spring

• summer

• fall

• winter

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Earth spins on its _____________

• axis

• equator

• hemisphere

• toes

it takes about ______________ for Earth to rotate one time

• 365 days

• 24 hours

• 30 days

• 180 degrees

It takes about _____________ for the Earth to revolve one time

• 365 days

• 24 hours

• 30 days

• 180 degrees

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The moon completes one orbit around Earth in ________

• one day

• one year

• just over 29 days

• one week

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Earth moves around the sun because the sun's ______________ pulls on Earth

• gravity

• solar rays

• axis

• equator

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As the moon appears larger it is called a __________ moon

• full

• new

• waxing

• waning

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during this phase the moon cannot be seen at all

• full moon

• new moon

• waxing moon

• waning moon

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