Day and Night

Period of 24 hours or the time it takes Earth to make one complete spin on its axis

• Rotation
• Compass
• Sundail
• Movement

Tool that uses a tiny magnet to show which direction is north

• cardinall direction
• axis
• compass
• sundial

Period during rotation when Earth is facing the Sun and it is lighted

• rotation
• day
• night
• shadow

Period during Earth's rotation when Earth faces away from the Sun and it is dark

• day
• night
• shadow
• stars

An imaginary line around which the Earth spins

• axis
• rotation
• movement
• compass

What does the rotation of the Earth cause us to experience?

• seasons
• year
• day & night
• eclipse

Why do we experience the changing of  seasons on Earth?

• Earth's tilt & rotation
• Earth's tilt & revolution
• Earth's rotation & rovolution
• Earth's tilt & resolution

How long does it take the Earth to revolve once around the sun?

• 29 1/2 days
• 24 hours
• 30 days
• 365 1/4 days

Because of the direction that the Earth rotates on it's axis, in what direction does the sun "appear to rise" every day?

• north
• south
• east 
• west

Day & night are caused by the ______________ of Earth on its axis

• revolution
• orbit
• rotation
• tilt of the axis