Earth Movement

The right side of this illustration represents...

• ...night.

• ...winter.

• ...summer.

• ...fall.

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which statement correctly describes the sun's apparent movement across the sky?

• as earth spins on its axis, it makes the sun appear to move across the sky?

• as the sun spins around earth, it moves across the sky

• earth rotates 24 hrs, making the sun appear move across the sky.

• the sun rotates around the earth every 12 hours, making the sun appear to move across the sky

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The earth rotates every

• 24 hours

• 15 hours

• 365 days

• hour

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What is Earth's daily motion on its axis called?

• Rotation

• Revolution

Chris is learning about Earth's movement in science class. He records some information in a chart about Earth's movement.

What information in Chris's chart is in the WRONG row of the table?

• Causes day and night

• Cause shadows to change

• Causes change in seasons

• Causes sunrise and sunset

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In this diagram, the motion of the Earth can best be described as -

• Rotation

• Revolution

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One rotation of Earth is equal to

• a day.

• a year.

• a month. 

If Earth rotated slower, we would have...

• shorter days.

• longer days.

• shorter years.

• longer years.

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What direction does the sun appear to move across the sky?

• west to east

• north to south

• east to west

• south to north

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Earth revolves around the sun, but it also makes one complete rotation. How long does it take Earth to make one complete rotation on its axis?

• 365 days

• 1 month

• 1 day

• 1 week