Earth and the Solar System

The Earth does not sit straight up and down. Instead it sits on a ________.

• axis

• tilt

• equator

• hemisphere

The earth can be divided into halves called ____________.

• Hemispheres

• Poles

• Tropics

• Orbits

The imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres is called the ___________.

• Axix

• Hemisphere

• Equator

• Orbit

The region of earth found near the equator that has very little changes in seasons is called the ____________.

• Tropics

• Poles

• Northern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

When Earth spins on its axis, causing day and night, we call this _____________.

• Orbit

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Seasons

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When it is spring in the northern hemisphere, it is ___________ in the southern hemisphere.

• Winter

• Summer

• Spring

• Fall

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

_____________ is the hottest planet because its atmosphere traps in the sun's heat.

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

• Saturn

The innermost layer of the earth is called the ___________.

• Core

• Mantle

• Crust

• Axis

The Earth travels around the sun every 365 days. We call this one ____________.

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Hemisphere

• Tilt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The path the earth takes to travel around the sun is called its ______________.

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1