4.6 Sun, Moon, and Earth

To spin around is to ....

• fascinate

• rotate

• take turns

• participate

The Moon's surface is covered with hollow areas and pits called....

• craters

• gravels

• ellipse

• ponds

What causes the sun's rays to hit the Earth at many different angles?

• cycles

• moon

• axial tilt

• day

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When the moon travels between the sun and Earth, it blocks the sunlight and casts a shadow on Earth is called?

• rotations

• solar eclipse

• reflect

• gravitate

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The path an object makes as it revolves around another object is called?

• axis

• arch

• projection

• orbit

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Earth is a satellite of the Sun, or a(n)....

• moon

• star

• planet

• universe

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The sun is actually a hot sphere of gases called a(n)....

• hydrogen

• atmosphere

• planet

• star

What is caused by the reflection of sunlight off the moon's surface?

• comet

• daystar

• meteor

• phases

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The system that contains the Sun and objects that orbit around it is known as the......

• star system

• solar system

• orbit system

• planet system

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The phases of the moon are responsible for the changes in .........

• stars

• comets

• tidal range

• asteroids

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