Chapter 8 Lessons 1-5

The stars and the planets are part of the universe.

• True

• False

Night and day, the seasons, and different time zones happen because

• The moon moves around the Earth

• The Earth moves around the moon

• The Earth moves around the sun

• The sun moves around the Earth

The seasons are opposite from each other in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

• False

• True

What do scientists use to explore space?

• telescopes

• Satellites

• barometers

• otoscopes

• space probes

The seasons are caused by Earth's

• rovers

• revolution

• rotation

• night and day

What is the time difference between adjacent time zones?

• 5 hours

• 3 hours

• 2 hours

• 1 hour

What gives us night and day?

• Earth's revolution

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's International Date Line

• Earth's Standard Time Zones

How long does it take Earth to make one complete rotation?

• 24 hours

• 365.24 days

• 180 days

• 12 hours

True or False: Rotation and Revolution are the same thing.

• True

• False

A scientist who studies the universe is a(n)

• physicist

• geologist

• botanist

• astronomer