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5.8C Earths Rotation Progress Monitor Assessment

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Question 1

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About how long does it take for one rotation of Earth?

12 Hours

18 Hours

24 Hours

48 hours

Question 2

2.

Which of the following takes about one day?

One rotation of the Earth on its axis

One revolution of the Moon around Earth

One orbit of the Earth around the Sun

One rotation of the clouds across the sky

Question 3

3.

The Sun appears to move across the sky because -

the Sun orbits around Earth

Earth rotates on its axis

the Moon revolves around Earth

the Sun gets smaller in the evening

Question 4

4.

Earth rotates on its axis giving us night and day. Earth’s axis is -

the path of the Earth as it orbits the Sun

a line between light and dark parts of Earth

a band of clouds around the center of Earth

an imaginary line through the poles of Earth

Question 5

5.

A student modeled the cause of day and night on Earth using a lamp and a baseball. If one second equals one hour, how should the student model one day/night cycle on Earth?

Move the baseball around the lamp in 24 seconds

Turn the lamp off and on for 24 hours

Spin the baseball 24 times in one hour

Rotate the baseball one time in 24 seconds