True or false earth tilts on it axis?

Answer 1

That of course depends on what you call "nearly".

The earth's orbit around the sun, like the orbits of all planets, asteroids, and periodic comets,

is an ellipse, with the sun at one focus.

The eccentricity of the earth's orbit is 0.017. That's more eccentric than Venus' (0.007), but less

than Pluto's (0.249).

So the minimum distance across earth's orbit is about 98.6% of the maximum distance. To me,

that's nearly circular.

Answer 2

True. If the Earth wasn't spinning (or was, like the Moon, spinning at a rate of one revolution per orbit) the Sun would be almost (or absolutely!) stopped in the sky, while the Moon would rise and set once per month.

Answer 3

No. The moon has no light of its own. The moon is a rock. If you put the moon in a dark room

and close the shades, the room is still dark. You can't see a rock in a dark room unless you

shine a flashlight on it, and you can't see the moon unless you shine the sun on it.

Answer 4

The theory that the earth revolves around the sun leads to the most accurate explanation

of the motions we see of all objects in the sky, and it predicts observations that are found

when we look for them.

Bu it's still "only a theory". If you provide an argument that logically undermines this theory,

or another theory that explains what we see in the sky more accurately than this one does,

then this theory will be discarded, or modified to agree with yours.

This theory has been accepted for about 500 years. It can never be "proven", but it can be

dis-proven in a minute, if you bring in the right kind of new information.

That's how science works.

Answer 5

True. The Earth tilts on its axis, which is why we have seasons. This tilt is approximately 23.5 degrees relative to its orbit around the sun.

Answer 6

False.

The Moon revolves around the Earth.

The Moon rotates on it's axis.

Answer 7

well the moon circles the earth, and earth circles the sun, so yes the moon does circle the sun.

Answer 8

True if you ignore the sun, otherwise false.

Also often true at night.

Answer 9

False.

The moon shines because it reflects light from the sun.

Answer 10

True. It's also the smallest one.