Earth's Place in Space

How long does it take Earth to make one complete rotation?

• 365 days

• 24 hours

• 365 hours

• 24 days

During the day, why does the sun appear to move across the sky?

• Earth's orbit around the sun

• Moon orbiting Earth

• Earth's rotation on its axis

• Earth's tilt on its axis

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Which of the following does Earth orbit?

• Moon

• Mars

• Venus

• Sun

It takes 365 days for Earth to travel around the sun. What would happen if Earth took longer to travel around the sun than it does now?

• A year would be longer than 365 days

• A day would be shorter than 24 hours

• Earth would be hotter

• The seasons would be shorter

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Which of these supplies was first developed for the space program.

• Screwdriver

• Freeze-dried food

• Cell phone

• Canned food

What is something you could see with this instrument?

• Inside of a leaf

• Minerals

• Covid-19

• Surface of the moon

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What moon phase is this?

• New moon

• Waxing crescent

• Third quarter

• Full moon

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What is the next moon phase?

• Full moon

• Third quarter

• New moon

• First quarter

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If you were to build a model, which sports balls would represent the Earth, moon and the sun?

• Earth- ping pong ball
  Sun- basketball
  Moon- tennis ball

• Earth- basketball
  Sun- ping pong ball
  Moon- tennis ball

• Earth- tennis ball
  Sun- basketball
  Moon- ping pong ball

• Earth- tennis ball
  Sun- ping pong ball
  Moon- basketball

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Which revolution takes 28 days?

• The moon around Earth

• Earth around the sun

• The sun around the moon

• Earth around the moon

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