*Space KS3 #ForestHorsham

The spinning of the Earth on its axis that causes night and day.

• Rotate
• Revolve

The sun and everything that revolves around it.

• solar system
• galaxy
• universe
• rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The imaginary line running through the center of Earth.

• axis
• moon
• constellation
• orbit

The moon appears to change shape because of _____.

• the Moon's revolution around Earth
• the seasons of the year
• the movement of stars in they sky
• Earth's rotation on its axis

What causes Earth's seasons?

• the tilt of Earth's axis
• Earth's rotation
• the revolution of the Moon
• Earth's distance from the Sun

The rotation of Earth on its axis causes the pattern of _____.

• night and day
• constellations
• Earth's seasons
• the phases of the moon

A rocky body that orbits around a planet.

• moon
• star
• axis
• Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Stars are made of what?

• rock
• gas
• ice
• fire

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What causes seasons?

• earth's distance to the sun
• earth's tilt and revolution
• earth's tilt and rotation
• the moon

Why do planets orbit the sun (and not float around in space)?

• the moons are keeping them in place
• They were hit by an asteroid
• they were hit by a comet
• the sun's gravity keeps them in place

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4