Rotation

Two friends were playing outside at sunset. They had to go inside their homes when it became dark. Which best explains why the day became night?

• Part of Earth faces away from the Sun at night.

• Earth moves far away from the Sun each night.

• The Moon blocks light from the Sun at night.

• The Sun stops producing light each night.

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Examine the chart above.

Which answer choice best fits in the missing blank?

• High and low tides

• Gravitational pull

• Moon phases

• Apparent movement of the Sun across

  the sky

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All of the following picture are like Earth’s rotation EXCEPT-

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which best describes Earth’s rotation?

• 24 hours, causes changing length of shadows and day and night

• 24 hours, causes day and night and tides

• 29 ½ days, causes orbiting around the Sun and day and night

• 29 ½ days, causes Moon phases and tides

How long is one Earth rotation?

• 1 year

• 365,25 days

• 1 day

• 26 hours

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Why does the Sun appear to move across the sky during the day?

• The Sun revolves around the Earth.

• The Sun rotates on its axis.

• The Earth revolves around the Sun.

• The Earth rotates on its axis.

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What causes the day/night cycle?

• Earth turning on its axis.

• Earth revolving around the Sun.

• The Sun revolving around the Earth.

• The Moon revolving around the Earth.

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What is an imaginary line around which a sphere rotates?

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Axis

• Orbit

The Earth Rotates from ... to ...

• North, South

• West, East

• South, North

• East, West

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When we move to the East side of the Earth, the time will get ...

• later

• earlier

• same

• broken

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