Unit 7 Rotation and Revolution STAAR Review

This causes day and night...

• Earth's revolution or orbit

• Earth's rotation or spin

• Tectonic Plates

• Gravity

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This causes Earth's seasons...

• Earth's revolution and tilt on its axis

• Earth's rotation or spin

• Tectonic Plates

• Gravity

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If it is summer in the Northern hemisphere, it is what season in the southern hemisphere?

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

• Spring

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What is another word for Earth's rotation?

• Orbit

• Spin

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What is another word for Earth's revolution

• Orbit

• Spin

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Earth rotates on its axis once approximately every-

• month

• 24 hours

• year

• 12 hours

The earth is tilted on its _____

• line
• equator
• axis
• core

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Earth does a complete revolution every _______

• 10 years
• 12 hours
• 24 hours
• 365 days

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What motion of the Earth takes 365 days?

• Rotation
• Tilting 
• Revolution
• Spinning

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What does ROTATION mean?

• To SPIN
• To ORBIT or GO AROUND

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