Quiz about Spaceship Earth

Question 1

A group of stars that have been given a name and sometimes a story.

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Constellations

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Orbits

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Planets

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Atmospheres

Question 2

Large bright bodies in the night sky located a great distance away from the earth.

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Stars

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Sun and Moon

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Constellations

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Planets

Question 3

The earth's only natural satellite that orbits once every four weeks.

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Moon

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Lunar cycle

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Sun

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Axis

Question 4

The curved path taken by a planet that is traveling around the sun.

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Orbit

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Rotation

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Revolution

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Axis

Question 5

The star that is central to our solar system.

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Sun

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Moon

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Pluto

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Saturn

Question 6

The 8 bodies in space that orbit around the sun.

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Planets

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Constellations

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Solar System

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Stars

Question 7

The imaginary line around which the earth spins.

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Axis

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Revolution

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Orbit

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Rotation

Question 8

A period of the year characterized by particular weather conditions, temperature, etc.

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Seasons

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Lunar Cycle

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Days

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Months

Question 9

The sun with all of the planets and other bodies that revolve around it.

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Solar System

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Atmosphere

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Orbit

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Constellations

Question 10

We have the longest amount of daylight during the ______________________.

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summer

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winter

Question 11

The shortest days of the year are during the ________________.

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winter

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summer

Question 12

A year is determined by the Earth's ________________________.

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revolution around the sun

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rotation around the moon

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orbit on the axis

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distance from the moon

Question 13

We have day and night because of _______________________

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the Earth's rotation

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the sun's rotation

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the moon's rotation

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the star's position in the sky

Question 14

What do we call the 4-week period during which the moon orbits the Earth and goes through phases?

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lunar cycle

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moon's orbit

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month

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season

Question 15

Earth is the __________ planet from the sun.

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third

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first

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second

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fourth

Question 16

The gravitational pull is ___________ on Earth than it is on the moon.

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greater

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less

Question 17

Gravity and weight are the same measurement.

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false

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true

Question 18

What invention helped us better understand the planets?

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telescope

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spaceship

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camera

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sundial

Question 19

The moon and Earth's gravitational pull are towards the _________ of each.

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center

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right

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left

Question 20

We see different constellations at different times of the year because ______________________

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we're looking at different parts of space

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they are covered by clouds

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the planets are orbiting the sun

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shooting stars are in the way

Question 21

Starting at the sun, the order of the planets is:

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

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

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

Question 22

The planet that is closest to the sun is ____________________.

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Mercury

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Neptune

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Earth

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Mars

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