Solar System/Characteristics of Life Quiz

What gives us day/night on Earth?

• Earth's rotation on its axis
• Earth's revolution around the sun
• The moon's revolution around the Earth
• The tilt of the Earth

About how much of the Earth is covered in water?

• 50%
• 90%
• 75%
• 20%

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What causes the Earth to go through seasons?

• The rotation of its axis
• The revolution around the sun
• The tilt of the axis
• The moon

What is the word for Earth's orbit around the sun?

• Rotation
• Revolution
• Tilt
• Eclipse

Which of these accurately states how the Sun, Earth, and Moon orbit?

• Sun orbits Earth;
  Moon orbits Earth
• Earth orbits Sun;
  Moon orbits Earth
• Earth orbits Sun;
  Earth orbits Moon
• Moon orbits Sun;
  Earth orbits Moon

How long does it take the Earth to make one REVOLUTION around the Sun?

• 12 hours
• 24 hours
• 365 days
• 29.5 days

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What is a revolution?

• standing still
• spinning in place about an axis
• bouncing to another object
• one object moving around another object

What is rotation?

• standing still
• bouncing in place
• spinning in place about an axis
• an object moving around another object

How long does Earth's orbit around the sun take?

• 365 and 1/4 days

• 360 days

• 24 hours

• 2 years

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Our sun is a medium-sized star compared to other stars.

• True

• False