Orbit and Rotation

An ancient tool used to tell time during the

day. Part of it casts a shadow onto a flat

surface marked in hours. It works due to

Earth’s rotation.

• Earth’s Orbit

• Earth’s Rotation

• Stellar Parallax

• Sundial

Ours is made up of the sun, 8 planets and

their moons. The planets all orbit around

the sun and moons orbit around a planet.

• Solar System

• Foucault’s Pendulum

• Constellations

• Shadow

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A tool that provides evidence that the earth

is rotating. It is made of a heavy weight

hanging from a long wire which swings

back and forth. The direction of the

swinging ball appears to change due to

Earth’s rotation.

• Solar System

• Foucault’s Pendulum

• Stellar Parallax

• Time Zone

The sun doesn't go anywhere. It seems to leave because the Earth is rotating/spinning and sometimes we face the sun and sometimes we don't

• true

• false

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How long does it take the Earth to make one rotation on its axis?

• 365.25 days

• 24 hours

• 28 days

• 12 hours

How long does it take the Earth to orbit around the Sun?

• 365.25 days

• 28 days

• 24 hours

• 1 month

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What causes the length of shadows to change over the course of the day?

• Sun's orbit

• Moon's orbit

• Earth's rotation

• Moon's rotation

The Earth is rotating on its axis, creating _____

• the 12 months

• the years

• the seasons

• day and night

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The earth's revolution is called an orbit, and we orbit around

• The moon

• The sun

• Earth

• Venus

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In order for us to experience day, the side of the Earth we live on must be __________ the Sun.

• facing away from the Sun

• facing toward

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