Solar system

The sun is a _______________.

• planet
• satallite
• galaxy
• star

Which planets have no natural satellites?

• Earth & Mars
• Jupiter & Saturn
• Mercury & Venus
• Mercury & Mars

Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

• gas
• metal
• water
• rock

Earth's ________ on its axis causes day and night.

• rotation
• revolution
• phase
• comet

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

One kind of  _______ is the crescent Moon.  

• axis
• asteroid
• phase
• space probe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

One full orbit of an object around another object is called a ________.

• axis
• rotation
• revolution
• satellite

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Why does Earth have different seasons? 

• because of the distance between Earth and the sun 
• because of the speed of Earth as it rotates on its axis 
• because of the amount of light blocked by the moon on its axis 
• because of the tilt of Earth on its axis as it moves around the sun 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Name this moon phase

• Waxing crescent

• Waning gibbous

• First quarter

• Last quarter

The coldest planet is?

• Neptune

• Earth

• Mercury

• Jupiter

What planet do scientists call Earth's Twin?

• Mars
• Venus
• Saturn