Review Spaceship Earth

What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

• It's summer

• Its spring

• Its winter

• Its fall

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1. True or False:

When you watch a sunset, the Sun is moving across the sky.

• True

• False

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How many times a year do different stars appear?

• 1

• 4

• 8

• 23

4. The Earth spins around an imaginary line each day called its _______.

• rotation

• axis

• pole

• center

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7. If the Earth were to spin half as fast as it does now, how many hours would be in one day (one complete spin)?

• 12 hours

• 48 hours

• 36 hours

• 2 hours

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Why do we see different constellations each season?

• Because the earth is spinning

• The stars are moving around us

• Because the earth is in orbit around the sun

• No clue

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What causes the seasons to change?

• The Earth's distance from the Sun.

• The warming and cooling of Earth's core.

• The Earth's tilt in relation to the Sun.

• The Earth's rotation on its axis.

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The _____ of the moon is how much of the moon appears to be lit up.

• part

• portion

• phase

• past

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Shorter shadows mean the sun is ________ in the sky.

• higher

• lower

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The moon revolves around the Earth about once _________.

• per month

• per week

• per year

• per day

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