The farther away a planet is from the sun the

longer its revolution period will be

Why is there a leap year?

Because there are 365 1/4 days each year

The Earth rotating is Earth

spinning on its axis, spinning in place

What would happen if the earth stopped rotating but continued to revolve

1/2 of the earth would have daylight for 6 months and then night for 6

How are rotation and revolution different?

revolution is going around something and rotation is spinning in place

Why is it dark at night?

The sun is not shining on that part of earth

Why is there day and night?

The earth spins on its axis, Night is on the side of the Earth facing the moon, Earth is always half in shadow and half in light

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Earth Science reivew 2

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A review of day and night, photoperiod, gravity, heliocentric and heliocentric view

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1
1 day is equal to _________
24 hours
23 hours
36 hours
50 hours
2
The farther away a planet is from the sun the
planet will be larger
longer its revolution period will be
longer its rotation period will be
quicker it will move around the sun
3
The geocentric model states
The Earth goes around the sun
The sun goes around other planets
The earth is the center
The sun is the center
4
Why is there a leap year?
Because there are 365 1/4 days each year
because there are not enough days in February
The revolution period changes every four year
People decided they wanted an extra day during the year
5
The Earth rotating is Earth
spinning around the moon
spinning on its axis
spinning around the sun
spinning in place
6
What is gravity?
A pushing force
A bending force
A twisting force
An attractive force
7
What would happen if the earth stopped rotating but continued to revolve
Nothing would happen
The climate would only change slightly
1/2 of the earth would have daylight for 6 months and then night for 6
1 side of earth would always be daytime and the other side always nighttime
8
The heliocentric view states
The sun revolves around the earth
The sun is the center
The planets rotate around the earth
The earth is the center
9
What causes day and night?
Earth's moon
Earth's revolution around the sun
The tilt of the earth on its axis
Earth's rotation
10
How are rotation and revolution different?
They are both motion so they are not different
revolution takes a shorter period of time than rotation
revolution is going around something and rotation is spinning in place
revolution is spinning in place where rotation is going around something
11
True or False, revolution of earth causes day and night
False
True
12
Day and night is_________
2 days
Revolution
1 Rotation
59 minutes
13
Earth's orbit is
its path as it revolves
Its path as it rotates
circular
14
Earth is tilted on its axis at how many degrees?
23.5
18.2
3
25.3
15
Why is it dark at night?
The sun has turned away from the earth
The moon is on the other side of earth
The sun is not shining on that part of earth
The sun stopped shinning
16
Why is there day and night?
The sun moves around the Earth once every 24 hours
The earth spins on its axis
Night is on the side of the Earth facing the moon
Earth is always half in shadow and half in light

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