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- 1. Multiple Choice
What causes day and night?
Axis
Rotation
Orbit
Tilt
- 2. Multiple Choice
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
- 3. Multiple Choice
Earth's rotation causes...
the seasons
high tide
day and night
- 4. Multiple Choice
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 - 5. Multiple ChoiceThe Earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees.23.525.330.224
- 6. Multiple ChoiceHow long does it take the earth to revolve once around the sun?12 hours24 hours30 days365.25 days
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe hemisphere where you livenorthernsouthern
- 8. Multiple ChoicePath an object revolves around another object.axisorbittilt
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe earth orbits around the _________sunmoonother planetssolar system
- 10. Multiple ChoiceDay & night are caused by the ______________ of earth on its axisrevolutionorbitrotationtilt of the axis
- 11. Multiple ChoiceSpinning on an axisrotationrevolution
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe process of Earth spinning on its axis is referred to asrevolutionionizationrotationellipse
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich term describes the motion of the planets around the sun?rotationrevolutioncompletiongalaxy
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe amount of time it takes Earth to revolve around the sun is aday24 hrsmonthyear
- 15. Multiple ChoiceIn this diagram, the motion of the EARTH can best be described as -RotationRevolution
- 16. Multiple Choice
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
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which model of our solar system is shown in the following diagram?
geocentric
heliocentric
biocentric
lunacentric
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which model of our solar system is shown in the following diagram?
geocentric
heliocentric
biocentric
lunacentric
- 19. Multiple Choice
Approximately how many degrees does the Earth rotate on its axis in one hour?
1 °
15 °
24 °
360 °
- 20. Multiple Choice
Approximately how many degrees does the Earth revolve around the Sun in one day?
1 °
15 °
24 °
360 °
- 21. Multiple Choice
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
- 22. Multiple Choice
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
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which letter correctly shows how surface winds are deflected due to Earth's rotation?
A
B
C
D
- 24. Multiple Choice
The diameter a celestial object appears to have, on its distance from an observer; not the actual diameter
Apparent Diameter
Eccentricity
Rotation
Period
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