
Astronomy vocab
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5th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What is "spinning of the Earth on its axis"?
Orbit
Equinox
Rotation
Gravity
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Time when the Sun is farthest from the equator
Solstice
Equinox
Revolution
Axis
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What is "the partial or total blocking of one object in space by another"?
Rotation
Gravity
Revolution
Eclipse
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What is the definition of axis?
An imaginary line around which a body, such as Earth, rotates
To move in an elliptical path, like the planets around the Sun
The force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses
Time when the Sun is farthest from the equator
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
To move in an elliptical path, like the planets around the Sun
Axis
Orbit
Revolution
Eclipse
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
What is the definition of gravity?
The spinning of the Earth on its axis
The partial or total blocking of one object in space by another
The two days of the year in which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the Sun
The force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
The two days of the year in which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the Sun.
Equinox
Solstice
Gravity
Revolution
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