Earth's Rotation

Which of the following planets is closest to the Sun?

• Venus

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Neptune

The sun is made up of____.

• solid rock

• hot gases

• lava

• metal

Which of the following does the moon have?

• erosion

• an atmopshere

• valleys

• oxygen

Which planet in our solar system is the furthest from the Sun?

• Mercury

• Neptune

• Earth

• Jupiter

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The spinning of a planet on its axis is known as____.

• orbiting

• revolving

• rotation

• turning

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The moon revolves around ____.

• the Sun

• the Earth

• itself

• Mars

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The Earth and the moon both have ____.

• a thick atmopshere

• gravity

• wind

• trees

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The earth takes _____ to revolve around the Sun.

• one year

• one day

• one month

• one hour

Day and night on Earth occurs due to _____.

• the rotation of the Earth

• the tilt of the Earth's axis as it revolves around the Sun

• the revolution of the moon around Earth

• the rotation of our moon

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Which diagram best explains why the sun appears to move across the sky each day?

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