Review: What daily patterns can be observed?

Visible stars that form a pattern in the sky are called...

• galaxies
• constellations
• meteors
• dot to dot

Why do other stars appear so much smaller than the sun?

• They are much smaller
• They are so far away
• They are not as bright
• They are dwarf stars

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Constellations may be only visible during certain seasons due to the Earth’s orbit around the____.  

• Earth
• Mars
• Planets
• Sun

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The Earth is rotating on its axis, creating _____

• the 12 months
• the years
• the seasons
• day and night

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What looks to be the motion of the Sun in the sky is really caused by the motion of _____

• the Earth
• the stars
• the planets
• the Earth's axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The earth's revolution is called an orbit, and we orbit around

• The moon
• The sun
• Earth
• Venus

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When the Earth completes a full orbit around the Sun, it has completed _____ rotations or days

• 7
• 30
• 91
• 365

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What is the name of the imaginary line running through the North Pole to the South Pole?

• orbit
• axis
• equator
• latitude

The earth rotates every

• 24 hours
• 15 hours
• 365 days
• hour

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What causes day and night cycles?

• mars
• seasons
• earths rotation
• moon phases

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