Earth, Sun, Moon

The gravity that pulls us to the ground comes from:

• an axis

• Earth

• orbit

• the North star

The Sun, Earth, and Moon all rotate on an axis.

• True

• False

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What do the Earth and the moon have in common?

• water

• atmosphere

• Sphere of rock

How long does it take the Earth to rotate once?

• 29 days

• 365 days

• 24 hours

What is the diameter of the Earth at the equator?

• 3,475km

• 12,742km

• 1,391,016km

• 384,400km

What is the diameter of the sun?

• 12,742km

• 384,400km

• 1,391,016km

• 400km

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Why does Earth appear to be the same size as the Moon in the sky?

• They are both the same distance from Earth.

• They are the same size.

• The Sun is about 400 times farther away from Earth than the Moon.

How big is the moons diameter?

• 1,391,016km

• 3,475 km

• 12,742km

• 2,578km

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One effect of the sun is that it

• is made of hot plasma gas

• helps plants to grow and heats the Earth

• is 93 million miles away from Earth

• is the center of our solar system

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The spinning of the Earth on its axis is called....

• revolution

• orbit

• rotation

• a year

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