Space

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

• Rotate
• Revolve

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The sun and everything that revolves around it.

• solar system
• galaxy
• universe
• rotation

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The imaginary line running through the center of Earth.

• axis
• moon
• constellation
• orbit

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The star at the center of our solar system.

• Sun
• moon
• orbit
• axis

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The rotation of Earth on its axis causes the pattern of _____.

• night and day
• constellations
• Earth's seasons
• the phases of the moon

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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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

It takes Earth _____________ to make one revolution or orbit around the Sun.

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A large body made of gas or rock that orbits around a star.

• planet
• moon
• star
• super nova

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A rocky body that orbits around a planet.

• moon
• star
• axis
• Sun

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