6th, Core Concepts Part 2

The earth travels around the sun in an oval-shaped path?

• orbit

• revolution

• axis

• solstice

We call our galaxy the ?

• Pinwheel Galaxy

• Milky Way

• Black Eye Galaxy

• Sunflower Galaxy

It takes the Earth 365 1/4 days to make a complete ______ around the sun?

• orbit

• solstice

• axis

• revolution

Earth's imaginary line from the North & South Poles is called the?

• orbit

• revolution

• axis

• equinox

This is a point at which days are longest in one hemisphere & shortest in the other?

• solstice

• revolution

• equinox

• axis

A point at which everywhere on Earth, days & nights are nearly equal?

• galaxy

• equinox

• revolution

• solstice

Each complete turn of the Earth or ?, takes about 24 hours to complete?

• orbit

• solstice

• rotation

• time zone

Governments have agreed to divide the world into standard?

• time zones

• galaxy

• solstice

• revolution

A sphere of very hot metal at the center of the Earth?

• mantel

• crust

• landform

• core

A thick, rocky layer around the core is the?

• mantle

• core

• crust

• atmosphere