SPACE QUIZ

The spinning of the Earth on its axis that causes night and day is called _________.

• Rotating

• Revolving

Our sun and everything that revolves around it is called the _______________.

• solar system

• galaxy

• universe

• rotation

The star at the center of our solar system.

• Sun
• moon
• orbit
• axis

What causes Earth's seasons?

• the tilt of Earth's axis
• Earth's rotation
• the revolution of the Moon
• Earth's distance from the Sun

Fixed patterns of stars are called _____.

• Constellations
• Nebulas
• orbits
• systems

How are stars DIFFERENT from planets?

• Stars are solid and rocky.
• Stars are made of frozen gases.
• Stars do not move.
• Stars revolve around the Sun.

It takes Earth _________ to make one complete rotation on its axis.

• 24 hours
• 365 days
• 28 days
• 24 days

It takes about _____________ for the moon to go through all of its phases.

• 28 days
• 365 days
• 24 hours
• 24 days

When the moon appears to be increasing in size or get bigger.

• Waxing
• Waning

When the moon appears to be decreasing in size or getting smaller

• waning
• waxing