Earth Patterns

Why don't we see a lot of stars in the daytime?

• They are covered up by the clouds.

• They are very far away from earth.

• The sun blocks out the other stars.

• The sun's brightness overwhelms the brightness of the stars.

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Why do we see differen stars and different times of year?

• Earth is in different places in orbit during the year.

• Certain stars only come out during different seasons.

• No one wants to look at the stars during the winter.

• Earth spins once per day.

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How does Earth move?

• Earth only spins.

• Earth goes in orbit around the sun.

• Earth spins each day and orbits the sun each year.

• Earth doesn't move.

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How do different stars appears as we see them from Earth?

• The farther away the stars are from Earth the brighter they appear.

• The closer to Earth the stars are, the smaller they appear.

• The closer to Earth the stars are, the larger they appear.

• All stars look bright no matter how close or far they are to Earth.

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TRUE or FALSE Stars are all around Earth and in every direction.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Earth turns around an imaginary line called an _______.

• rotate
• constellation
• orbit
• axis

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The path that one object takes around another object in space is its ______.

• Rotation
• Orbit or Revolution
• tide
• axis

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Amy notices a change in the pattern of shadows on Earth as the sun moves across the sky. What causes this change?

• Earth's rotation
• Earth's revolution
• the moon revolution
• Earth's path as it orbits the sun

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Day and night are caused by _______.

• the Earth's rotation
• Earth's revolution around the sun
• the Moon's rotation
• The moon's revolution around Earth

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Earth's seasons are caused by _______.

• Earth's rotation in space.
• the moon's rotation.
• Earth's revolution and the tilt of the axis.
• the sun's revolution around the Earth.

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