Sun, Earth, and Moon

A body that orbits a planet is a...

• Meteor
• Asteroid
• Satellite
• Comet

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Spinning of Earth on its axis.

• Rotation
• Revolution

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Movement of Earth around the sun.

• Rotation
• Revolution

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Earth has seasons because.....

• Its axis is tilted
• Revolves around Saturn
• The sun revolves around Earth

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What is a satelite?

• A body that orbits a planet
• an object that orbits a sun
• a piece of glass in a space shuttle in earth

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what is rotation?

• the spinning of earth on its axis
• the imaginary line that passes through earths center.
• the movement of one object around another
• when the sun goes around earth 4 times

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What is revolution?

• a day were the sun appears farthest north of the equator once each year and farthest south each year
• the movement of one object around another

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what causes day and night?

• rotation
• revolution
• solstice
• equinox

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What path does the sun take as it moves through the sky?

• East to West

• North to South

• South to North

• West to East

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Why does the Sun appear to be the largest star in the sky?

• It is the brightest

• It is the closest

• It is the hottest

• It is the largest