Earth's Orbit and Rotation Vocab

A(n) ____________is the path an object follows as it moves around another one. Earth moves in a circle around the sun once every 365.25 days.

• rotation

• Mars's orbit
• Earth's Path

• Earth's orbit

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The action of the earth turning or spinning around its center. If you stand in one place and turn all the way around, you have rotated. The earth rotates (spins) once every 24 hours.

• Earth's revolution
• Earth's orbit
• Earth's tilt
• Earth's rotation

Our ________ is made up of the sun, 8 planets and their moons. The planets all orbit around the sun and moons orbit around a planet.

• earth

• moon

• solar system

• galaxy

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A dark shape made when an object blocks light. When you stand outside, your body blocks sunlight and that makes a_________.

• Reflection
• Shadow
• Silhouette
• Glow

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A group of stars that form a recognizable shape such as the big dipper. Today there are about 90.

• Constellations
• Planets
• Galaxies
• Nebulae

A year with one additional day added. We have these every 4 years because one orbit of the earth around the sun is 365.25 days. Our normal calendar has 365 days so every 4 years we have a _____ which adds an extra day.

• Leap Year

• Leap Day

• New Year's Day

• February

An ancient tool used to tell time during the day. Part of it casts a shadow onto a flat surface marked in hours. It works due to Earth’s rotation.

• Sundial
• Hourglass
• Water clock
• Astrolabe

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An area on Earth that has a specific time that all people living there can set their clocks to. There are 24 different ones.

• Time Zones
• Equator
• Longitude Lines
• Latitude Lines

How long does it take for earth to do 1 rotation?

• 24 hours
• 12 hours
• 36 hours
• 48 hours

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About how does it take the Earth to make 1 orbit?

• 365.5 days
• 366 days
• 365.25 days
• 364 days

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