Patterns of Motion in the Sky.

What causes Day and Night?

Earth rotates clockwise on its vertical axis that passes through the two poles of Earth causing the cycle of day and night. (True/ False)

Earth ....................... on its axis every 24 hours.

The surface of the earth that faces away from the sun has .........................

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. (True/False)

The surface of the earth that faces the sun has ........................

The phenomenon that occurs due to the rotation of earth on its axis.

The orbiting of the earth around the sun is called ......................

In the middle of the day (at noon) we can see the sun ..................... of the sky.

The sun appears in the ....................... during the early morning.

Earth takes ............................. to make one complete turn on its axis.

It is an imaginary line passing through the North pole and South pole of Earth.