Earth, Sun, and Moon: Vocab

The moon's circle motion around the earth is called...

• Rotating

• Revolving

• Orbiting

• Axising

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The Earth's circular movement around the Sun is called...

• Revolving

• Orbiting

• Axising

• Rotating

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The Earth spinning on it's axis is called...

• Revolving

• Orbiting

• Axising

• Rotating

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Earth's _________ is the invisible line that the earth rotates on.

• Hemisphere

• Equator

• Solstice

• Axis

Earth has a North and South ___________.

• Equator

• Hemisphere

• Sides

• Solstice

When day and night hours are equal

• Solstice

• Equinox

• Summer

• Winter

When days are longer than nights, or nights are longer than day.

• Spring

• Autumn

• Equinox

• Solstice

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One complete revolution of Earth around the sun takes how long?

• 1 day

• 365.25 days

• 24 hours

• 29.5 days

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All objects are attracted to each other by the force of 

• weight 
• inertia
• mass
• gravity

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Earth has seasons because

• it has an axis
• the sun gets closer and farther from the sun
• axis is tilted as it moves around the sun
• the sun gets hotter

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