Grade 2 Science / Chapter 8 Review

A shooting star is really a ______.

• star
• meteoroid
• sun

____ means to give back energy without receiving it.

• Absorb
• Reflect
• Gravity

Which is NOT a heavenly body?

• stars
• planets
• moons
• ocean

What is the earth's path around the sun called?

• its tilt
• its rotation
• its orbit

The moon _____ the light from the sun.

• reflects
• absorbs
• turns off

What is the sun?

• a moon
• a star
• a planet

The earth's ____ around the sun makes a YEAR.

• tilt
• spin
• orbit

________ causes craters on the moon.

• Objects hitting the moon
• The man on the moon
• The sun's heat energy

The moon's gravity pull on the earth affects the _____.

• wind
• tides
• children

What is a group of stars that make a pattern or picture?

• constellations
• solar system
• shooting stars