Earth Space

Why does Earth have seasons?

• Because of Earth's tilt

• Because of Earth's axis

• Because Earth is awesome

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Which statement best explains why the sun and other stars appear to move across the night sky?

• The stars rotate around the earth

• The earth is rotating on its axis and revolving around the sun.

• The earth is spinning on its axis

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Why do shadows change during the day?

• Shadows don't change during the day

• The moon's position to the earth changes throughout the day

• The sun's position in the sky changes throughout the day

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On a field trip to a science museum, Lee saw photographs of asteroids and comets that astronomers took using telescopes. What could Lee look for in the photographs to tell a comet from an asteroid?

• it's smaller

• a long tail

• rocky surface

How many planets are there?

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

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How many planets are in our Solar System?

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 10

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is the name given to the distance that light can travel in one year that is used to measure distances in the universe?

• Revolutions

• Mile- year

• Light-year

• Miles

What planet is known as the Earth's "twin" because of its similar size and proximity to the Sun?

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Venus

• Mercury

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

What is a constellation?

• a group of stars that makes a pattern or imaginary shape

• a group of asteroids in the summer sky

• one star that is close to another

Rotation

• the action of one object moving completely around another in an orbital path

• an imaginary line that runs through both poles of a planet

• turning or spinning on an axis

• the path an object, such as a planet, takes as it revolves around another object

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