Motion in Space

The path a revolving object follows is its_______________.

• revolution

• rotation

• orbit

What characteristic causes Earth's day and night?

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's orbit

• Earth's gravity

Earth's rotation causes the apparent motion of many objects in space.

• True

• False

What is the main cause of the periodic rise and fall of ocean tides?

• sun's gravity

• moon's gravity

• Coriolis effect

• Earth's tilted rotation

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Which statement is TRUE about Earth's motion in our solar system?

• The Earth revolves around the sun; the sun revolves around the moon.

• The Earth revolves around the moon; the moon revolves around the sun

• The moon revolves around the Earth; the Earth revolves around the sun.

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According to Kepler's law of planetary motion, the planet's orbit is

• irregular

• circular

• elliptical

• parabolic

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What looks to be the motion of the Sun in the sky is really caused by the motion of _____

• the Earth

• the stars

• the planets

• the Earth's axis

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

• Rotation

• Revolution

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The Earth spins on a tilted, imaginary line called a (an)

• Axis

• Equator

• Solstice

• Hemisphere

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How does gravity affect the motion of the Moon around the Earth?

• It pushes the Moon away from the Earth.

• It keeps the Moon in orbit around the Earth.

• It causes the Moon to spin faster.

• It has no effect on the Moon.

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