Earth Sun Moon System Review

the beginning of summer or winter: days on which the hours of daylight are longest or shortest

• eclipse

• solstice

• ellipse

• gravity

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the spin of an object around its axis

• rotation

• revolution

• orbit

• spinning

the orbit of one object around another object

• circling

• spinning

• rotation

• revolution

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beginning of spring and fall; days on which hours of daylight equal hours of darkness

• lunar eclipse

• solstice

• eclipse

• equinox

What causes our days and nights here on Earth?

• The rotation of the moon

• The rotation of the Earth on its axis

• The revolution of the Moon

• The revolution of the Earth

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What is Earth's axis?

• An imaginary line through the center of the Earth

• A metal pole through the center of the Earth

• The way the Earth revolves

• The way the moon revolves

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What causes the Earth's seasons?

• The revolution of the Earth around the Sun

• The way the Earth spins on it's axis

• The way the Earth is tilted on it's axis in relation to how it revolves around the Sun

• The way the Moon revolves around the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why does Earth stay in its orbit around the Sun?

• The gravitational pull of the Moon

• The gravitational pull of the Sun

• The gravitational pull of Venus

• The gravitational pull of the earth

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How many degrees is earth tilted on its axis?

• 29.7 degrees

• 25.3 degrees

• 23.5 degrees

• 27.5 degrees

How many planets orbit our Sun?

• 10

• 9

• 7

• 8