Sun and Earth

Number of days in a complete revolution of Earth around the sun.

• 29

• 365

• 1

• 356

Provides Earth with a change in seasons

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Spinning

• The Sun

What statement best describes the Sun?

• The Sun is a star that revolves around the center of our solar system

• The Sun is a mass of burning gas at the center of our solar system

• The Sun is a mass of burning rock that orbits throughout the solar system.

• The Sun is the biggest star in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Of the Earth, Sun, & Moon, which travel in an orbit?

• The Sun and the Earth

• The Sun and the Moon

• The Moon and the Sun

• The Moon and the Earth

What is one reason craters on the moon remained unchanged for millions of years?

• There is no water or atmosphere on the moon to erode them

• All the volcanoes on the moon are now extinct

• There will never be another astronaut to set foot on the moon.

• Wind currents on the moon blow uphill, not downhill, and do not change the crater shapes.

Which unique characteristic of Earth allows it to support life?

• It has a gaseous atmosphere.

• It contains hard, rocky surface.

• It revolves around the Sun

• It is covered with liquid water.

From largest to smallest, which choice lists the Earth, Sun, and Moon in order?

• Earth, Sun, Moon

• Earth, Moon, Sun

• Sun, Earth, Moon

• Sun, Moon, & Earth

What keeps the earth in orbit around the sun?

• Earth’s gravity

• Sun’s gravity

• Moon’s gravity

• Space gravity

The moon does not emit its own light, explain why it seems to glow?

• it glows like the Sun.

• light reflects off of the Earth.

• sunlight reflects off of the Moon's surface.

• gasses in the Moon's atmosphere reflect sunlight

The Earth’s 4 seasons are caused by?

• The earth’s rotation on it’s axis.

• The earth ‘s revolution around the Sun on a tilted axis.

• The Sun’s gravitational pull on the

  Earth’s axis.

• The Earth’s gravitational pull on the

  moon.