Earth Place in Space

An imaginary line that goes through the North pole and the South pole of Earth is called an _______________.

The Earth spins on its axis.

• True

• False

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What causes the sequence of day and night?

• Earth’s rotation around its axis.

• b. Earth’s rotation around the planet.

• Earth’s revolution around its axis.

Earth rotates from​ _________________________

Find the boxes that have three true facts.

• The Earth takes 24 hours to spin on its axis.

• The Earth moves very close to the Sun and then stops.

• The Earth takes 24 hours to orbit the Sun.

• The Earth spinning on its axis causes day and night.

• The Earth orbits the Sun.

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When objects strike the surface of a planet or moon, they leave a deep impression on the surface called a ___________

_______________ is the brightest planet of the solar system.

• Venus

• Mars

• Earth

• Saturn

There are about how many stars in a galaxy?

• hundreds

• thousands

• millions

• billions

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What is the correct order of the objects from the smallest to largest?

• solar system, universe, galaxy

• galaxy, universe, solar system

• universe, galaxy, solar system

• solar system, galaxy, universe

Sir William Herschel tried to count the number of stars in ___________ different regions of the sky.