Earth and Space

What are the inner planets in order from the sun?

• Mercury, Venus, Earth Mars

• Mercury, Earth, Mars, Venus

• Earth, Mars, Mercury, Venus

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Neptune

What are the outer planets in their order from the sun?

• Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Neptune

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Mercury

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

• Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Earth

What is the imaginary line that runs through the north and south pole?

• equator

• axis

• line of division

• hemisphere

How long does it take Earth to make one full revolution?

• 365 days

• 24 hours

• 325 days

• 12 hours

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How can you describe Earth's orbit around the sun?

• circle

• square

• triangle

• elliptical

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Why do we have seasons?

• Earth's tilt and revolution around the sun

• Only because of Earth's revolution around the sun

• Earth's tilt and rotation around the sun

• Earth slows down as it gets closer to the sun

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Earth spinning on its axis gives us

• day and night

• seasons

• 365 days

• a year

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The sun appears to rise the

• north

• south

• east

• west

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The sun appears to set in the

• north

• south

• east

• west

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Countries near the equator do not have much seasonal change because their location is always close to the sun. Why?

• Rotation

• Revolution

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