Earth in Space

A system of organizing time is :

• Rotation

• Calendar

• Revolution

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Imaginary line passes through Earth is called:

• Rotation

• Axis

• Orbit

Spinning of the Earth is called:

• Rotation

• Axis

• Revolution

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Movement of one object to another is called:

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

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Earth follows a path as it revolves around the Sun is called:

• Rotation

• Orbit

• Axis

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Earth moves in two ways. What are those two ways?

• Rotation and Revolution

• Rotation and Calendar

• Rotation and Orbit

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The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space is called:

• Geology

• Astronomy

• Spaceology

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Earth has 5 seasons because its axis is tilted as it revolves around the sun.

• True

• False

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Twice each year the sun reaches its's greatest distance from the equator. This is called:

• Solstice

• Equinox

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The two days of the year in which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun is called the :

• solstice

• equinox

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