Space Knowledge!

The star at the center of our solar system.

• star
• orbit
• sun
• galaxy

the path an object takes as it revolves around a star, planet, or moon

• revolve

• orbit

• rotate

• space probe

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and its North and South Poles.

• rotate
• axis
• revolve
• equator

Earth's __________________ causes day and night.

• rotation

• revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The sun appears to rise in the _______ and set in the ________

• west, east
• east, west
• north, south

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

a dark area created because light cannot pass through

• shadow

• light

• sun

• dark spot

What does the diagram show?

• Life Cycle
• Food Chain
• Phases of the Moon
• Rotation 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The earth rotates every

• 24 hours
• 15 hours
• 365 days
• hour

8^th planet from the Sun; an outer planet

• Mars

• Neptune

• Earth

2^nd planet from the Sun; an inner, rocky planet

• Venus

• stars

• Saturn