Earth and Space Science Test Quiz

What does the Earth use to rotate?

• an axis

• a pole

• a stick

What is bigger? The Earth, the sun or the moon?

• Earth

• Sun

• Moon

How long does it take for Earth to make a full rotation?

• 365 days

• 60 seconds

• 24 hours

• 365 seconds

How long does it take for the Earth to orbit the sun? (Make a full revolution)

• 365 days

• 365 seconds

• 24 hours

• 60 seconds

What orbits Earth?

• Moon

• Sun

• Mars

• Neptune

What is another word for a full orbit?

• revolution

• rotation

• orbation

• orbiting

What is the difference between orbiting and rotating?

• Rotating and orbiting are the same thing

• Orbiting turns around another object and rotating spins on something

• Orbiting moves up and down around something and rotating spins on something

Order these from smallest to largest

• moon, earth, sun

• sun, moon, earth

• moon,earth, sun

• sun, earth, moon

Rotation

• the action of one object moving completely around another in an orbital path

• an imaginary line that runs through both poles of a planet

• turning or spinning on an axis

• the path an object, such as a planet, takes as it revolves around another object

moon phases

• the shape of the lit part of the moon as seen from Earth

• a large hole in the ground caused by an asteroid

• the air that surround the Earth

• an object that orbits another object in space