Sun, Moon, and Earth

The Earth spinning on its axis is called what?

• revolution
• rotation
• retrograde rotation
• orbit

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How long does it take for the Earth to rotate one complete time?

• 24 hours
• 28 days
• 1 month
• 365 days

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If it is day on one side of Earth, then what is happening on the other side of Earth?

• It is day there, too!
• It is raining.
• It is very hot.
• It is night.

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How long does it take for the Earth to revolve around the sun?

• 24 hours
• one month
• 365 days
• two years

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What causes the Earth to have seasons?

• the revolution of the Earth around the Sun
• The tilt of the Earth's axis
• The tilt of the Earth's axis and the revolution of the Earth around the Sun
• the distance of the Earth from the sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Night and day is evidence that the earth is

• rotating

• revolving

• cold

• warm

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The seasons are caused by the ________ of the axis and the Earth's _____________ around the sun.

• tilt, revolution

• tilt, rotation

• curve, revolution

• curve, rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The largest object in the solar system is the

• Earth

• sun

• Pluto

• Jupiter

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What force keeps the moon around the earth and the Earth around the sun?

• galaxy

• nature

• gravity

• phases

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Different faces of the moon are called

• full moon

• phases

• face

• crescent moon

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