TIMSS - EARTH SC 4 - Solar System and the Universe

A spinning motion on an axis

• rotation
• revolution

The Earth completes one of these every 365.25 days

• rotation

• revolution

The earth orbits around...

• the sun.
• the moon
• other planets
• the Milky Way

When the Northern Hemisphere of Earth is Leaning away from the Sun, What season is the Southern Hemisphere experiencing?

• Summer
• Winter
• Spring
• Fall

What season is letter A?

• Winter
• Summer
• Spring
• Fall

How long does it take for the Earth to make one full orbit around the Sun?

• one day
• one week
• one month
• one year

The Earth is rotating on its axis, creating _____

• the 12 months
• the years
• the seasons
• day and night

As the Earth travels around the Sun, it creates a pattern that makes _____

• the months
• the years
• the seasons
• day and night

The spinning movement of the Earth about its axis is called the Earth's _____

• revolution
• rotation
• precession
• orbit

Name the moon phase

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous