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Earth
Patterns
Planets
Sun, Earth
Moon
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Rotate means
A. The path a
Planet takes
B. One object goes
around another
C. Spin around
D. Imaginary line
Rotate means to spin around
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Revolve means
A. When one object goes
Around another
B. Spin in one place
C. Turn like a top
D. Imaginary line
Revolve means when one object goes around
another object.
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Ellipse is
A. Circle
B. Oval
C. The path the Earth takes
D. When you can’t see the moon
Ellipse is the shape of Earth’s orbit (an OVAL).
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A satellite is
A.
The path the Earth
takes around the Sun.
B. A smaller object goes
around a larger object.
C. Shooting stars
D. Objects rotating
A satellite is a smaller object
that revolves around a larger
object.
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The imaginary line that
connects the North and
South poles is called
A. axis
B. equator
C. hemisphere
D. axel
Axis
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Day and night is caused by
A. Earth’s Rotation
B. Earth’s Revolution
C. Sun going
Around the Earth
D. Moon light
Earth’s rotation causes day and
night.
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How long does it take
the Earth to rotate?
A. 30 days
B. 24 hours
C. 1 year
D. 7 days
It takes the Earth 1 day or 24 hours to rotate.
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What causes Earth’s seasons?
A. The Earth spins in
One place
B. The Sun revolves
C. The Earth rotates
D. The Earth is tilted on
Its axis.
Seasons are caused by the Earth’s tilting on its axis.
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When the Northern
Hemisphere is tilted
towards the Sun, what
season is it in North
America?
A. spring
B. summer
C. winter
D. fall
When the Northern Hemisphere is
tilted towards the Sun, it is summer in
the Northern Hemisphere.
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What is the name of the
United States space
program that landed on
the moon?
A. Apollo
B. Challenger
C. Discovery
D. Galileo
The space program to land on the
moon was called Apollo.
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What are the inner planets made of?
A rock
B gas
C ice
D rubber
Inner planets are made of rock.
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What are the outer planets
made of?
A. metal
B. ice
C. gas
D. rock
Outer planets are made of gas.
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Which of the following
is FALSE?
A. Some planets are
made of gas.
B. Planets orbit a star.
C. Some planets are
made of rock.
D. Planets produce
their own light.
Planets DO NOT produce their own
light.
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Which of the
following is NOT an
inner planet?
A. Mercury
B. Saturn
C. Mars
D. Venus
Saturn is NOT an inner
planet.
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Between which two
planets can you find the
Asteroid Belt?
A. Saturn and Uranus
B. Earth and Mars
C. Mars and Jupiter
D. Jupiter and Saturn
You can find the Asteroid Belt between Mars and
Jupiter.
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The Sun is made out of
A. metal
B. rock
C. gas
D. ice
The Sun is made out of gas.
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How many Earths could fit
inside of the Sun?
A. About 1 thousand
B. About 1 million
C. About 110
D. About 10
About 1 million Earths can fit
inside of the Sun.
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Which of the following is
NOT correct?
A. Earth’s atmosphere is made of
helium and hydrogen.
B. Earth’s atmosphere protects us
from dangerous rays of the sun.
C. Earth’s atmosphere protects
us from meteors.
D. Earth’s atmosphere keeps
us warm at night.
Earth’s atmosphere is NOT made up
of helium and hydrogen. It is made
up of oxygen and nitrogen.
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When people, animals, wind
and rain change the Earth’s
surface, it is called
A. ellipse
B. ecosystem
C. erosion
D. atmosphere
Erosion happens when wind, rain and
people change the Earth’s surface.
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Which of the following is
true about the moon?
A. It is bigger than the Earth
B. It is farther from the
Earth than the Sun.
C. It has water.
D. It has
mountains, valleys and plains.
The moon has valleys, mountains and plains.
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The Earth centered theory
says
A. Planets and Sun
Revolve around the Earth
B. Planets revolve around
The Sun
C. Planets rotate
D. Earth revolves around
The Sun
The Earth-centered (Geocentric)
theory says the Sun and planets
revolve around the Earth.
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The Sun centered theory
says
A. Planets revolve
Around the Earth.
B. Planets revolve
around the Sun.
C. Planets rotate.
D The Sun revolves
Around the Earth.
The Sun centered (Heliocentric) theory
says that the Earth and planets revolve
around the Sun.
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Which astronomer made
great discoveries using the
telescope?
A. Galileo
B.Aristotle
C. Ptolemy
D Copernicus
Galileo used the telescope.
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Which two scientists
believed in the Earthcentered theory? A. Galileo and
Copernicus
B. Aristotle and
Ptolemy
C. Copernicus and
Aristotle
D. Ptolemy and
Galileo
Aristotle and Ptolemy believed
in the Earth centered theory.
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Which two scientists
believed in the Suncentered theory?
A. Aristotle and
Galileo
B. Ptolemy and
Aristotle
C. Galileo and
Copernicus
D. Ptolemy and
Galileo
Galileo and Copernicus believed in
the Sun-centered theory.
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