GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Clockwise
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Counter-Clockwise
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -When viewed from the north celestial pole (i.e., from the approximate direction of the star Polaris) the Moon orbits Earth anticlockwise and Earth orbits the Sun anticlockwise, and the Moon and Earth rotate on their own axes anticlockwise.
Detailed explanation-2: -The moon orbits counterclockwise around the Earth. Orbit is slightly elliptical and distance from Earth varies 6 %. Period of the orbit is about 27.3 days. This is called the SIDERIAL PERIOD or SIDEREAL MONTH.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: Most of the objects in our solar system, including the Sun, planets, and asteroids, all rotate counter-clockwise. This is due to the initial conditions in the cloud of gas and dust from which our solar system formed. As this gas and dust cloud began to collapse it also began to rotate.