Rotation Day and Night
What motion of Earth causes day and night?
What is Earth's rotation on its axis?
What causes the seasons on Earth?
A: What is the tilt of Earth’s axis?
Q: What is it called when the Moon blocks sunlight from reaching Earth?
A: What is a solar eclipse?
A: What is a solar eclipse?
The imaginary line the Earth spins on is called the ____.
A: What is the axis?
Q: How many days are in one year (one Earth revolution)?
A: What is 365 days?
How long does it take the Earth to complete one full rotation?
What is 24 hours?
Q: How long does one revolution of Earth around the Sun take?
A: What is 365 days?
Q: What is it called when the Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the Moon?
A: What is a lunar eclipse?
Q: Earth’s movement around the Sun is called a ____.
A: What is revolution?
Q: The shortest day of the year is known as the ____.
A: What is the winter solstice?
What part of Earth is pointed toward the Sun during daytime?
What is the side facing the Sun?
What is the name of the day when day and night are the same length?
A: What is an equinox?
Q: True or False: Solar eclipses happen every month.
A: What is false?
Q: The longest day of the year is called the ____.
A: What is the solstice (specifically, the summer solstice)?
Q: Is Earth’s shape responsible for the seasons?
A: What is no?
If it’s daytime where you are, what time is it on the opposite side of the Earth?
What is nighttime?
Why is it summer in one hemisphere and winter in the other at the same time?
A: What is the tilt of Earth's axis causes different parts of Earth to receive more or less sunlight?
Q: During a solar eclipse, which object is between the Sun and the Earth?
A: What is the Moon?
Q: Which word means equal day and night?
A: What is equinox?