earth and beyond grade 7

Which is the correct order of our planets?

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury
• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus

Why do stars appear to move across Earth's sky each night?

• Earth rotates on its axis

• The stars orbit each other

• Earth revolves around the Sun

• The stars rotate with the Moon

The star at the center of our solar system

• equator
• sun
• planet
• constellation 

A pattern of stars, named after mythological or religious figure, an object, or an animal

• galaxy
• star
• constellation 
• planet

the picture shows... of the Earth

• revolution

• rotation

What holds the planets in their orbits around the sun?

• gravity
• speed
• string
• air currents

The path one body takes in space as it revolves around another

• universe
• orbit
• refraction
• moon

Earth _____ around the Sun.

• Revolves

• Rotates

When the Earth faces towards the Sun, it is _____.

• Daytime

• Nighttime

When the Earth faces away from Sun, it is _____.

• Daytime

• Nighttime