Block 4 Review (Sun, Earth, Moon)

1. The spinning of the Earth on its axis is called....

• revolution

• rotation

• orbit

• a year

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2. The pathway the Earth takes around the sun is...

• revolution

• orbit

• rotation

• a year

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

3. The imaginary line that goes through the Earth (hint: the Earth spins on this)....

• orbit

• axis

• solar system

• north pole

4. The orbiting of the Earth around the sun is called...

• revolution

• orbit

• axis

• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

5. This takes 24 hours:

• rotation

• revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

6. This takes 1 year:

• rotation

• revolution

7. This causes day and night:

• rotation

• revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

8. This causes the seasons to change:

• rotation

• revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

9. One effect of the sun is that it

• is made of hot plasma gas

• helps plants to grow and heats the Earth

• is 93 million miles away from Earth

• is the center of our solar system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

10. Energy that is created by the sun is called:

• sun energy

• hot energy

• solar energy

• solar heat