Rotation and Revolution

How long does it take for the Earth to make one full orbit around the Sun?

• 365 days

• 24 hours

• 30 days

• 10 years

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The Earth is rotating on its axis, creating what?

• Day and night

• Seasons

• Tides

• Eclipses

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As the Earth travels around the Sun, it creates a pattern that makes what?

• Seasons

• Tides

• Eclipses

• Moon phases

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When the Earth completes a full orbit around the Sun, it has completed how many rotations?

• 365

• 1

• 12

• 100

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Which celestial body causes the Sun to appear to move through our sky?

• Earth

• Moon

• Other planets

• Sun itself

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The spinning movement of the Earth about its axis is called the Earth's what?

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Cycle

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The movement of the Earth around the Sun is called its what?

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Orbit

• Cycle

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When the part of the world that you're living in is leaning towards the Sun, its what?

• Summer

• Winter

• Spring

• Autumn

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When the part of the world that you're living in is leaning away from the Sun, its what?

• Winter

• Summer

• Spring

• Autumn

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The invisible line that passes through the North and the South Poles is called Earth's what?

• Axis

• Equator

• Orbit

• Hemisphere

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