Space Vocabulary

The speed at which a planet ___________________ determines the length of its day.

• revolves

• rotates

• orbits

• eclipses

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Sometimes the moon's ______________ passes between the Sun and Earth, causing a shadow to be cast, knows as a Solar Eclipse.

• rotation

• star

• phase

• orbit

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Yellow dwarf, red giant, and white dwarfs are types of________________.

• suns

• moons

• planets

• NASA

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Select all of the constellations below.

• Moon

• Pluto

• Orion

• Hercules

• Gemini

The reason we experience seasons is due to ________________.

• our revolution around the sun

• the tilt of Earth's axis

• how fast Earth rotates

• how close we are to the sun during our orbit.

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Some stars appear brighter than others because they are ________________.

• Closer to us

• very bright

• white dwarfs

• clusters of stars

The turning of an object on its axis is called _______________.

• orbit

• revolution

• constellations

• rotation

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Select all of the objects that orbit another object.

• Earth

• Uranus

• Moon

• Sun

• Stars

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A planet's movement around the sun is called its ________________________.

• rotation

• revolution

• lunar phase

• axis

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Earth's __________________ causes day and night.

• rotation

• revolution

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