Bianco's Our Turning Earth | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 20 Public

Day and Night – The Rotation of the Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtRzy2TJAOQ + SS3 pg. 36-37

Study Slideshow

What causes the repeating pattern of day and night on Earth?

a) The movement of the Moon

c) Solar flares from the Sun

d) The Earth's orbit around Mars

b) The Earth's rotation on its axis

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What is the imaginary line that runs through the Earth's centre called?

a) Equinox

c) Axis

d) Meridian

b) Equator

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During which movement of the Earth do we experience daytime?

d) Oscillation

a) Revolution

b) Rotation

c) Orbit

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How long does it take for the Earth to complete one rotation?

a) 12 hours

c) 24 hours

d) 1 month

b) 1 week

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What happens to the part of the Earth facing away from the Sun during rotation?

b) It experiences an eclipse

c) It becomes colder

d) It becomes night time

a) It becomes daytime

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Which planet in the solar system has a day that lasts only 10 Earth hours?

a) Mars

c) Saturn

b) Jupiter

d) Uranus

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How long does a day on Venus last?

b) 365 days

c) 243 Earth days

a) 24 hours

d) 10 Earth hours

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What is the shape of the Earth?

c) Sphere

b) Rectangle

a) Square

d) Cube

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What is the imaginary line around which the Earth spins called?

d) Tropic

b) Meridian

a) Equator

c) Axis

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Why does the sun appear to rise in the east and set in the west?

a) Because the sun moves across the sky

c) Because of the orbit of the Moon

b) Because of the rotation of the Earth

d) Because of the tilt of the Earth's axis

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What happens to shadows at midday?

a) They disappear

c) They are shortest

b) They are longest

d) They change direction

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Why do sunsets appear red and yellow?

d) Due to the Earth's orbit

a) Due to the reflection of light

b) Due to the scattering of light by dust and water droplets

c) Due to the absence of clouds

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What is the phenomenon called when the sun appears like a crimson sphere during sunset?

b) Twilight

c) Aurora

d) Rays scattering

a) Eclipse

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How does the Earth's tilt affect the length of day and night?

b) It lengthens both day and night

c) It causes longer days and shorter nights

a) It shortens both day and night

d) It causes shorter days and longer nights

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Day and nights are caused by tossing and turning and the sun always shines.

True

False

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The top and bottom half are divided into day and night.

True

False

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