Space Quiz - 2019

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

• Rotate

• Revolve

The star at the center of our solar system.

• Sun

• moon

• orbit

• axis

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

• night and day

• constellations

• Earth's seasons

• the phases of the moon

How are stars DIFFERENT from planets?

• Stars are solid and rocky.

• Stars are made of frozen gases.

• Stars do not move relative to its planets

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

• 365 days

• 365 hours

• 28 days

• 24 hours

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

• planet

• moon

• star

• super nova

A rocky body that orbits around a planet.

• moon

• star

• axis

• Sun

what is a saying for memorizing the order of the planets

• my very excellent mother just served us nachos

• my very excellent mother just served us no pizza

• my mother just served us nachos

When a planet spins on its axis, it is said to ___________________.

• orbit

• rotate

• revolve

• eclipse