Earth in the Solar System

Which of the planets is closest to the Sun?

• Earth

• Mars

• Mercury

• Venus

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What do you call the path a planet goes through as it moves around the Sun?

• Axis

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Rotation

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Which of the following is an accurate model of how the Sun, Earth, and Moon move?

• Sun and moon orbit Earth

• Earth and moon orbit Sun

• Earth orbits the Sun and the moon orbits Earth

• Earth and sun orbit moon

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Earth and the other 3 planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

• gas

• metal

• water

• rock

Which is the largest object in our solar system?

• Sun
• Jupiter
• Earth
• Pluto

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Day and night is caused by the _____________ of earth on its axis.

• revolution
• orbit
• rotation

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Which planet is the hottest planet?

• Mercury
• Mars
• Venus
• Saturn

The Earth is rotating on its axis, creating _____

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

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As the Earth travels around the Sun, it creates a pattern that makes _____

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

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

• 7

• 30

• 91

• 365

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