The Sun, Earth and Moon

The earth's shape is a

• circle

• square

• sphere

• oval

Night and day is evidence that the earth is

• rotating

• revolving

• cold

• warm

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One rotation of the Earth takes ...

• 365 days

• 365 1/2 days

• 24 hours

• 365 hours

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What causes the variation in light in some parts of the world during the year?

• rotation

• tilt of the earth on its axis

• day and night

• revolution

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How long does it take the Earth to make 1 revolution around the sun?

• 24 hours

• 365 1/2 days

• night and day

• revolution

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The seasons are caused by the ________ of the axis and the Earth's _____________ around the sun.

• tilt, revolution

• tilt, rotation

• curve, revolution

• curve, rotation

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The largest object in the solar system is the

• Earth

• sun

• Pluto

• Jupiter

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What force keeps the moon around the earth and the Earth around the sun?

• galaxy

• nature

• gravity

• phases

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Different faces of the moon are called

• full moon

• phases

• face

• crescent moon

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The moon does not create its own __________, but reflects the light of the ___________.

• phase, sun

• light, sun

• sun, phase

• sun, light

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