Mystery Science Spaceship Earth

Which scientist created the idea that there is an axis the Earth moves around in the 1400's

• Galileo and Sons

• Copernicus and Galileo

• Galileo and Zues

• Albert Einstein

When you watch a sunset, is the sun really moving across the sky? Whats happening?

• No, the Sun is not moving across the sky. The Earth is only spinning

• Yes, it is an optical allusion of the earths axis

• No, the Sun is not moving across the sky. The Sun always stays in the same spot, but the Earth is spinning (rotating) around its axis. Sunrise and sunset are caused by the Earth rotating away from the Sun

• Yes, the sun is moving across the sky because the sun rotates around the Earth

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What was the name of the first space ship robot that went to space?

• Galileo

• Coppernicus

• Nasa

• Spaceship X

A full rotation of the Earth around the sun is equal to what?

• 1 month

• 1 day

• 1 week

• 1 year

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Does the sun rotate around the earth or the earth rotate around the sun?

• The sun rotates around the Earth

• The Earth rotates around the sun

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From Sunday evening to Friday evening, how many complete spins does the Earth make?

• The Earth makes five complete spins

• The Earth makes one complete spin

• The Earth makes seven complete spins

• The Earth makes ten complete spins

What does the earth spinning represent? How long is one full spin of the Earth?

• It represents that amount of hours and one full spin is 1 hour

• It represents that amount of months and one full spin is 1 month

• It represents that amount of days and one full spin is 1 day

• It represents that amount of seasons and one full spin is 1 season

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During the activity, you spun around from right to left (counterclockwise). If the Earth were to spin in the opposite direction (clockwise), what would be different about the sunrise and sunset?

• The sunrise and sunset would be in north

• The sunrise and sunset would be in the opposite direction.

• The sunrise and sunset would be in the same direction.

• This is not enough information to tell the rotation

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What did scientists believe was the imaginary line the earth rotated around?

• Line

• Rotation

• Pole

• Axis

How many hours are in one complete spin of the earth?

• 12 hours

• 24 hours

• 72 hours

• 48 hours

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