Earth and Space TEKS Review

​Which​ ​motion​ ​of​ ​earth​ ​could​ ​be​ ​best​ ​demonstrated​ ​by​ ​Lebron​ ​James​ ​spinning​ ​a​ ​basketball​ ​on​ ​his​ ​finger?

• rotation
• revolution
• tilting
• leap year

Because the earth spins on its axis, we experience:

• seasons
• weather
• day and night
• revolution

How long does it take earth to make on complete revolution of the sun?

• 24 hours
• 1 day
• 365 days
• 365 and 1/4 days

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The tilt of the earths axis is ______.

• 5 degrees
• 10.2 degrees
• 23.5 degrees
• 365.25 degrees

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Challenge- The shape of the earth's orbit around the sun is ________.

• linear (in a line)

• circle

• semicircle

• ellipse (oval)

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The imaginary line that passes through Earth and the north and south poles.

• axis
• gravity

• equator

The order of the planets is:

• Mars, Venus, Earth,
  Mercury, Saturn
  Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune

• Earth, Venus, Mars
  Jupiter, Neptune,
  Mercury, Saturn,
  Uranus

• Mercury, Venus, Earth
  Mars, Jupiter,
  Saturn, Uranus
  Neptune

The spinning of an object on its axis is called______.

• orbit
• rotation
• revolution
• tide

The Earth orbits around ______.

• the sun

• the moon
• other planets
• the Milky Way

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When the Northern Hemisphere of Earth is leaning away from the Sun, What season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing?

• Summer
• Winter
• Spring
• Fall

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