Earth, Sun, Moon System

The spinning of Earth around its axis that causes day and night is called

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Orbit

• Axial rotation

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What causes seasons?

• The way the moon orbits the Earth

• Earth's tilt

• The position of the sun in the sky

• Magic, it's all magic

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The day when the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator is known as a

• Equinox

• Eclipse

• Solstice

• Lunar eclipse

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Revolution is ________________________?

• A war

• Earth's monthly orbit around the sun

• The spinning of Earth around its axis

• Earth's yearly orbit around the sun

The moon's rotation around Earth takes approximately how many days?

• 14 days

• 27.3 days

• 14.75 days

• 29 ish days

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A solar eclipse is when _________________________?

• The moon moves directly between Earth and the Sun, shadowing part of Earth

• When the moon turns it's other side towards Earth

• A scientist picks a day when a solar eclipse happens

• When Earth's shadow falls on the Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Depressions left by objects striking the Moon are called _____________?

• Only craters

• Craters and Impact basins

• Only impact basins

• Maria

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The core of the Moon can be described as ____________?

• Firery and Large

• It has no core

• Thick and filled with gas

• Small and iron rich

The day when the Sun is directly over Earth's equator is known as a _______________?

• Ellipse

• Solstice

• Partial lunar eclipse

• Equinox

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The imaginary line that joins Earth's magnetic poles is called ______________?

• Axis

• Magnetic Axis

• Imaginary line

• It's called imagination

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