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What causes day and night?
Axis
Rotation
Orbit
Tilt
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How long does it take for Earth to make one complete revolution around the sun?
1 day
180 days
24 hours
365 1/4 days
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Earth's rotation causes...
the seasons
high tide
day and night
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What looks to be the motion of the Sun in the sky is really caused by the motion of _____the Earththe starsthe planetsthe Earth's axis - Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The Earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees.23.525.330.224
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.How long does it take the earth to revolve once around the sun?12 hours24 hours30 days365.25 days
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The hemisphere where you livenorthernsouthern
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Path an object revolves around another object.axisorbittilt
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The earth orbits around the _________sunmoonother planetssolar system
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Day & night are caused by the ______________ of earth on its axisrevolutionorbitrotationtilt of the axis
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Spinning on an axisrotationrevolution
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The process of Earth spinning on its axis is referred to asrevolutionionizationrotationellipse
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.Which term describes the motion of the planets around the sun?rotationrevolutioncompletiongalaxy
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.The amount of time it takes Earth to revolve around the sun is aday24 hrsmonthyear
- Multiple ChoicePlease save your changes before editing any questions.In this diagram, the motion of the EARTH can best be described as -RotationRevolution
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What is the BEST definition of apparent motion?
movement that actually happens across the sky
movement that appears to happen across the sky caused by Earth's REVOLUTION
movement that appears to happen across the sky caused by Earth's ROTATION
Motion's mother and father
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Which model of our solar system is shown in the following diagram?
geocentric
heliocentric
biocentric
lunacentric
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Which model of our solar system is shown in the following diagram?
geocentric
heliocentric
biocentric
lunacentric
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Approximately how many degrees does the Earth rotate on its axis in one hour?
1 °
15 °
24 °
360 °
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Approximately how many degrees does the Earth revolve around the Sun in one day?
1 °
15 °
24 °
360 °
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A Foucault Pendulum appears to gradually change its direction of swing due to Earth's
orbit around the Sun
curved surface
tilted axis
spin on its axis
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The Coriolis Effect provides evidence that the
Earth rotates on its axis
Moon spins on its axis
Moon orbits the Earth
Earth revolves around the Sun
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Which letter correctly shows how surface winds are deflected due to Earth's rotation?
A
B
C
D
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The diameter a celestial object appears to have, on its distance from an observer; not the actual diameter
Apparent Diameter
Eccentricity
Rotation
Period