The moon's rotation and vocab

Multiple Choice

​ When things turn like a top, they _____________________.

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Rotate

• Revolves

Multiple Choice

Earth turns around an imaginary line called ​

​a(n) ______________________.

• Obit

• Axis

• Hemisphere

• Gravity

Multiple Choice

fourth-grader in the United States does an experiment in her science class. At the same time, a fourth grader in China is asleep. Why is it daytime in the United States while it is nighttime in China?

• Earth’s rotation

• Earth’s revolution

• The moon’s revolution

• Earth’s path as it orbits the sun

Multiple Choice

The path that one object takes around another object in space ​

​is its ______________________.

• Axis

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Revolve

Multiple Choice

When one object moves around another in space ​

​it _____________________

• Axis

• Orbit

• Revolves

• Rotate

Multiple Choice

A force that pulls objects in space toward each other ​

​is ______________________.

• Hemisphere

• Gravity

• Pull

• Push

Multiple Choice

When the moon moves around Earth one time, it is one ​​complete ______________________.

• Orbit

• Revolve

• Revolution

• Axis

Multiple Choice

The picture is a two-dimensional model of how Earth moves in space. ​How long does it take for Earth to 1 complete one full rotation?

• 1 day

• 1 week

• 1 month

• 1 year

Multiple Choice

Why does the same side of the moon always face Earth?

• The moon does not rotate.

• The moon does not revolve.

• Earth's gravity holds it in one spot.

• Its rotation and revolution are almost the same as Earths.