Earth's Place in the Universe

What are huge, colorful clouds of gas and dust in outer space called?

• asteroids

• galaxies

• nebulae

• binary stars

What revolves around the Earth?

• The Sun
• The Moon
• The Stars
• You

The Earth's movement around the sun is called __________.

• Rotation
• Turning
• Spinning
• Revolution

It takes how many days for the Earth to revolve around the Sun?

• 1 day
• 7 days
• 28 days
• 365 days

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The season's are created by the Earth's rotation as it revolves around the Sun.

• True
• False

The changes we see in the Moon are called its ___________.

• faces
• changes
• phases
• nothing, the moon does not change

As the Earth rotates the position of a shadow made by the Sun stays the same.

• True
• False

Patterns can be seen daily, monthly and yearly in the Moon and the Sun.

• True
• False

When the Earth rotates away from the Sun it creates the season of ____________.

• Spring
• Summer
• Fall
• Winter

During the summer there is less sun and shorter days.

• True
• False