One effect of the sun is....

• it is made of plasma

• It helps plants to grow and heats the earth

• It is 93 million miles away from earth

• It is the center of our solar system

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Which of these have rocks?

• Earth, Moon, Sun
• Sun and Moon
• Moon and Earth
• Earth only

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The surface of the Moon is made up of highlands,

• lowlands, and oceans.

• oceans, and ice.

• craters, and flat areas.

• mountains, and lakes.

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The imaginary line that goes through the north and south poles that the earth spins on...

• equator

• orbit

• axis

• rotation

The spinning of the earth on its axis causing day and night is...

• rotation

• revolution

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A student created a diagram to compare the characteristics of the Earth and the Moon.

Which of the following characteristics could be placed in the center part of the diagram?

• orbits another object

• same amount of gravitational pull

• rotates every 24 hours

• has an atmosphere

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Some students used a globe to model the rotation of Earth. If the globe could rotate only at the rate that the Earth actually rotates, about how long would each complete rotation take?

• 30 days

• 60 minutes

• 24 hours

• 365 days

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The length of one day on Earth is determined by how long it takes

• the Moon to revolve once

• the Moon to rotate once

• Earth to rotate once

• Earth to revolve once

How does the moon get its light?

• It reflects the sun's light onto the earth.

• It creates it's own light, similar to a star.

• It gathers light from earth during the day.

• The moon is a yellow color, so it appears to be bright during the night time.

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The sun gives Earth

• energy and volcanic activity

• radiation and rotation

• light and heat

• water and craters

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