Both the celestial body size and distance from each other are off here. Which one is shown more poorly?

Celestial body distance is way more off than the sizes.

Celestial body size is way more off than the distances.

In this model, it looks like the moon lines up perfectly blocking the sun every 29 days, but we don't have solar eclipses every 29 days. Explain.

Moon's orbit around Earth & Earth's orbit around sun aren't aligned (it's a tilted path).

Moon's orbit around Earth is unpredictable.

Earth's orbit around the sun is faster than the moon's orbit around Earth.

Which correctly labels the two orbital paths?

green orbital path: Earth around sun white orbital path: moon around Earth

green orbital path: Earth around sun white orbital path: moon around sun

green orbital path: moon around sun white orbital path: Earth around sun

What explains the cycle of seasons through the year?

different distances from the sun

In this model, what represents what?

ball: Earth rope: gravity pole: sun

ball: Earth rope: sun pole: gravity

ball: sun rope: gravity pole: Earth

ball: sun rope: Earth pole: gravity

When a rocket ship takes off, it has to fight gravity to get off the ground. Which is true given the picture of two planets?

It will be harder to launch the rocket from planet B.

Both planets will require equal effort to launch from.

It will be harder to launch the rocket from planet A.

Select all the statements that are true.

All masses exert a gravitational pull on each other to some degree.

Gravity depends on mass & distance.

All masses exert a gravitational pull on each other equally.

The Earth pulls you down, but not the reverse.

Gravity depends in part on the distance between two objects. The 2 objects in A are the same distance apart as the 2 objects in C, yet the gravitational pull is stronger in A. WHY?

A's objects have a stronger gravitational pull.

In the simulation of Earth's revolution around the sun, what part of the model explains why we aren't on a crash course into the sun?

The velocity vector moving us forward is stronger than the sun's gravity.

The velocity vector moving us forward is weaker than the sun's gravity.

We are far enough away to not crash into the sun.

Our gravitational pull on the sun balances its pull on us.

Choose more than one answer. What is true about the northern hemisphere during winter solstice?

It's cold and tilting away from the sun.

It's getting indirect (weaker) sunlight.

It's hot and tilting toward the sun.

It's getting direct (stronger) sunlight.

This model is NOT to scale. Why not?

The relative sizes of Earth & sun are not accurate.

The relative distance of Earth from the sun is not accurate.

The tilt of Earth on its axis is not accurate.

The position of Earth in its orbit around the sun is not accurate.

Do you pull up on the Earth with your own gravitational pull?

Yes, all masses have some degree of gravity.

No, only the Earth's gravity pulls on us.

Planets are the only masses that have gravitational pull on each other.

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DRAW QUESTION

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Draw a moon to show a solar eclipse.

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DRAW QUESTION

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Draw a moon to show a lunar eclipse.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence is correct?

Earth revolves around the sun.

Earth rotates around the sun.

Earth revolves around the moon.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where does the moon get its light?

It produces its own light.

It gets light from Earth.

It gets light from the Sun.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What season is it in the northern hemisphere?

daytime

nighttime

winter

summer

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The sun is not moving around Earth, but it looks like it is. How do you explain this?

The government lied to you. The sun DOES move.

The sun stays still, but we move around it.

Both the sun and the Earth move around each other.

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MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Why do seasons change throughout the year?
PICK TWO ANSWERS.

Seasons change due to Earth being on a tilted axis.

Seasons change due to Earth's revolution around the sun.

Seasons change due to the moon's revolution around the sun.

Seasons change due to Earth's distance from the sun.

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Draw a moon to show a solar eclipse.

Draw a moon to show a lunar eclipse.

Which sentence is correct?

Where does the moon get its light?

What season is it in the northern hemisphere?

The sun is not moving around Earth, but it looks like it is. How do you explain this?

Why do seasons change throughout the year?
PICK TWO ANSWERS.

Both the celestial body size and distance from each other are off here. Which one is shown more poorly?

One revolution around the sun is how long?

One rotation of Earth on its axis is how long?

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Draw a moon to show a solar eclipse.

Draw a moon to show a lunar eclipse.

Which sentence is correct?

Where does the moon get its light?

What season is it in the northern hemisphere?

The sun is not moving around Earth, but it looks like it is. How do you explain this?

Why do seasons change throughout the year?PICK TWO ANSWERS.

Both the celestial body size and distance from each other are off here. Which one is shown more poorly?

One revolution around the sun is how long?

One rotation of Earth on its axis is how long?

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