Chapter 8 Test

Objects in the sky that make their own light are____.

• clouds

• moons

• stars

Earth spins, or ________, very fast.

• heats

• rotates

• shines

The ______ lights the sky during the day.

• planet

• Sun

• Moon

The _______ is made of rock.

• Moon

• sky

• Sun

There are 8 ________ that move around the Sun.

• stars

• moons

• planets

What keeps us from seeing starts during the day?

• the Moon

• the Sun

Why do stars look so tiny?

• They are smaller than Earth.

• The are very far away.

What makes the sky dark?

• The Moon appears in the sky.

• Earth rotates away from the Sun.

How long does it take Earth to make one trip around the Sun.

• 1 year

• 1 day

• 1 month

• Mars

• Moon

• Sun

• Earth