Earth and Space

Earth's shape, which is like a ball, is called a

• sphere

• cone

• prism

• pyramid

As Earth _______, there is daylight where Earth faces the Sun and darkness where Earth is turned away from the Sun.

• rises

• recycles

• rotates

• somersaults

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It takes 24 hours for Earth to make one complete...

• recitation

• revolution

• spin

• loop

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One complete rotation on Earth is one _____.

• day

• year

• month

• doughnut

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Earth rotates, or spins, around its

• equator

• moon

• big mama

• axis

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At the north end of Earth's axis, is the

• North Pole

• East Pole

• South Pole

• West Pole

The tilt of Earth changes how the Sun's rays strike the _______.

• solar panels

• Earth's surface

• equator

• poles

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

During the day, the Sun rises very high in the sky at Earth's ______.

• moon

• crust

• equator

• poles

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

An object that moves around another object ________.

• revolves

• rotates

• reuses

• rolls

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Earth travels in a regular path around the Sun called an ________.

• journey

• loop

• orbit

• trail

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