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The Cycle of Day and Night

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    how Earth's rotation causes day and night
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  • The orbiting of an object around another object
    revolution
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  • The spinning of a celestial body, such as a planet, around an axis
    rotation
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  • A process that repeats
    cycle
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  • An imaginary line that runs through Earth from the South Pole to the North Pole
    axis
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  • True or False: The sun and stars move in the solar system.
    False
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  • True or False: Earth’s revolution around the Sun is what gives us day and night.
    False
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  • True or False: The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
    True
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  • True or False: When we experience daytime, our part of Earth is facing the sun.
    True
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  • Rotation of Earth on its axis causes ___________.
    day and night
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  • Earth rotates once every 24 hours. What would happen if Earth rotated faster?
    Each day would be shorter
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  • Why do we have a day that is 24 hours long?
    It takes 24 hours for the Earth to rotate once.
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  • What would happen if Earth took longer than 24 hours to rotate on its axis?
    As Earth spins slower, the length of one cycle of day and night will increase.
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  • What term does this picture illustrate?
    rotation
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  • What term does this picture illustrate?
    revolution
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  • What idea does this picture illustrate?
    The side of the earth that is facing the sun experiences daytime while the side of the Earth facing away from the sun experiences nighttime.
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  • What are the names of the planets in order from their distance from the sun?
    Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
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