Generation Genius Earth's Orbit

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

• 325.0 days

• 365.25 days

• 1 month

• 24 hours

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What causes different constellations to be visible from Earth at different times of year?

• Earth's orbit around the sun

• Earth's rotation on its axis

• movement of the stars

• none of these

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The movement of the Earth around the Sun is called its _____

• revolution

• rotation

• precession

• gyration

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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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How many days does it take the Earth to revolve around the Sun?

• 30 days

• 365 days

• 100 days

• 40 days

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How long does it take for the Earth to make one full revolution around the Sun?

• one day

• one week

• one month

• one year

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The path that the earth follows is called its _______.

• rotation

• day and night

• revolution

• orbit

Each object circling the Sun travels along an ​ (a)   -shaped path called an orbit. This path is cause by ​ (b)   . Gravity is the attractive force, or pull, between objects that have ​ (c)   . The ​ (d)   an object's mass, the greater its graviational pull. Also, the closer objects are to one another, the ​ (e)   gravity's pull is between them.

• ellipse

• gravity

• mass

• greater

• stronger

• circular

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​ ​ (a)   causes the Earth to ​ (b)   in its ​ (c)   around the Sun.

• Gravity

• revolve

• orbit

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The Earth takes ​ (a)   to orbit around the sun

• 365 days

• 1 day

• 24 hours

• 365 hours

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