Sun, Earth, Moon

The spinning of the Earth on its axis is called....

• revolution

• rotation

• orbit

• a year

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The pathway the Earth takes around the sun is....

• revolution

• rotation

• orbit

• a year

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The imaginary line that goes through the Earth (hint: the Earth spins on this)....

• orbit

• solar system

• axis

• north pole

The orbiting of the Earth around the sun is called....

• revolution

• axis

• orbit

• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This takes 24 hours:

• rotation

• revolution

This takes 1 year:

• rotation

• revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This causes day and night:

• rotation

• revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This causes the seasons to change:

• rotation

• revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

One effect of the sun is that it

• is made of hot plasma gas

• is 93 millions of miles from Earth

• helps plants to grow and heats the Earth

• is the center of our solar system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Energy that is created by the sun is called:

• sun energy

• solar energy

• hot energy

• solar heat