Solar System

The Earth rotates. What does rotate mean?

• axis

• spins

• makes waves

Earth's axis is an imaginary line that goes from where?

• North Pole to the South Pole

• East Pole to the West Pole

• through the United States

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What is the sun?

The sun gives us what?

• heat

• light

• sunburn

• sound

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What causes day and night?

• the sun spins around the Earth

• clouds hide the sun at night

• the Earth's rotation around the sun

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How many days does it take the Earth to orbit around the sun?

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Why does our part of the Earth get less light and heat in winter?

• the Earth is tilted away from the sun

• the Earth is facing the sun

• the Earth is rotating fast

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What is the imaginary line across the middle of the Earth called?

• orbit

• rotation

• equator

When it is winter above the equator, what season is it below the equator?

• spring

• summer

• fall

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The ________is at the center of our solar system.

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