Earth and Beyond

What is a huge ball of very hot gases in space?

• galaxy
• equator
• star
• constellation

The star at the center of our solar system

• equator
• sun
• planet
• constellation 

To spin on an axis

• orbit
• revolve
• rotate
• axis

A star and all the planets and other objects that revolve around it

• galaxy
• universe
• constellation
• solar system

An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and its North and South poles

• axis
• equator

A pattern of stars, named after mythological or religious figure, an object, or an animal

• galaxy
• star
• constellation 
• planet

The path one body takes in space as it revolves around another

• universe
• orbit
• refraction
• moon

The bending of light as it moves from one material to another

• refraction
• reflection
• eclipse
• elapse 

Why are the outer planets cold and dark?

• closeness to the Sun

• far from the Sun

• close to each other

• far from the Asteroid Belt

How does the Sun appear to move in the sky?

• rises in the west and sets in the east

• rises in the east and sets in the west

• rises in the south and sets in the north

• rises in the north and sets in the south

Tags

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