Sun Moon Earth

Which of the following takes about one day?

• One rotation of the Earth on its axis

• One revolution of the Moon around Earth

• One orbit of the Earth around the Sun

• One rotation of the clouds across the sky

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The Sun appears to move across the sky because -

• the Sun orbits around Earth

• Earth rotates on its axis

• the Moon revolves around Earth

• the Sun gets smaller in the evening

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What is the name of the star closest to Earth

• Sun

• White Dwarf

• Demios

• Phobos

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What is the name of the force that holds Earth in orbit around the Sun?

• rotation

• revolution

• gravity

• motion

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The Sun is at the center of the Solar System. Which shape best describes the path Earth takes around the Sun.

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Select the TWO gases that make up most of the Sun

• Oxygen

• Hydrogen

• Water Vapor

• Carbon Dioxide

• Helium

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The Sun rises in the

• west

• east

• south

• north

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The Sun sets in the

• west

• east

• south

• north

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The apparent motion of the Sun moving across the sky is due to the Earth's

• rotation

• revolution

• gravity

• orbit

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The motion that best explains day and night on Earth is

• revoloution

• gravity

• rotation

• orbit

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