Earth's Motion

What is revolution?

• The movement of something around something else

• Spinning on an axis

• The path an object takes as it revolves

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What is orbit?

• The movement of an object around something else

• The path something takes at it revolves around something

• Spinning on an axis

• The longest day

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The Earth _________________________ around the sun.

• rotation

• rotates

• revolves

• relation

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It takes this long for the Earth to rotate once on its axis.

• 1 week

• 1 year

• 365 days

• 24 hours

The seasons are caused by.........

• retail

• rotation only

• revolution only

• revolution and the tilt of the earth

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The earth orbits around...

• the sun.

• the moon

• other planets

• the Milky Way

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What would happen if the Earth's rotation was faster?

• There would be more seasons

• There would be shorter days

• There would be less days in a year

• There would be no high or low tides.

What season would be experienced in the Northern Hemisphere?

• Summer

• Winter

• Spring

• Fall

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In summer, the axis of the earth is pointed away or toward the sun?

• towards

• up

• down

• away

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What season is letter A in the northern hemisphere?

• Winter

• Summer

• Spring

• Fall

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