Earth and Space

Circle the easiest way to determine if an object is a star or a planet in the night sky.

• movement

• brightness

• size

• twinkling

It takes (a)   for the Earth to rotate once on its axis.

The planet closest to the sun is _______.

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Earth

• Uranus

What do the inner planets have in common?

• They are smaller relative to the outer planets.

• They are made of gases.

• They are very large compared to all the planets.

• They have a lot of moons.

What could be learned about Mars only by sending a rover to that planet?

• the shape of Mars's orbit

• the kind of material under Mars's surface

• the distance between the Sun and Mars

• the size of Mars

What causes moonlight?

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Which planet is the furthest from the sun?

• Neptune

• Saturn

• Venus

• Earth

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Summer days in the Northern Hemisphere are hotter than winter days, because in summer...

• the sun gives off more energy in the summer

• the sun gets hotter in the summer

• Earth's Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun in the summer.

• Earth is closer to the sun in the summer

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A star's color tells us about its...

• temperature

• size

• rotation

• distance from Earth

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It takes (a)   for the Earth the revolve around the sun one time.

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