Earth and Space Quiz

How many hours does Earth take to spin once, causing day and night?

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For people on the side of the Earth that faces the sun, it is:

• daytime.

• nighttime.

We see the sun and stars in a repeating pattern every day because…

• the sun orbits around Earth.

• the stars orbit around Earth.

• the Earth orbits around all the stars.

• Earth is spinning.

For people on the side of the Earth that faces away from the sun, it is:

• daytime

• nighttime

This simple model shows that the person on Earth will see…

• both the sun and the constellations.

• just the sun.

• just the constellations.

• neither the sun or the constellations.