Earth Review

Because the south pole is on the bottom of our planet, you have to be careful...if you jump too high, you could fall off the planet and into space.

• True

• False

The sun is much closer to earth than other stars

• True

• False

Earth moving around an imaginary line called an axis

• apparent motion

• gravity

• revolution

• rotation

The sun is much larger than other stars

• True

• False

The sun is the largest star

• True

• False

how long does it take earth to complete 1 rotation?

• 29.5 days

• 365 days

• 24 hours

• 4 weeks

The apparent brightness of a star in the night sky is caused by its:

• size

• distance from earth

• brightness

• size AND distance from earth

The sun is about as bright as other stars

• True

• False

Which of these is a force that pulls one object toward another object?

• apparent motion

• gravity

• revolution

• rotation

The motion of one object around another

• apparent motion

• gravity

• revolution

• rotation