MS- Spaceship Earth Review

The earth's ____________________ is the reason we have day and night.

• orbit

• axis

• rotation

• moon

The sun stays up LONGEST in the _____________________.

• winter

• fall

• spring

• summer

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Shadows are the shortest at:

• sunrise

• sunset

• noon

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Why do we see different constellation at different times of the year?

• We're on the wrong side of the earth.

• They are covered by clouds.

• The sun is blocking them.

• We are looking at a different part of space.

How do you know if something in the sky is a star or a planet?

• stars are brighter

• stars are bigger

• planets move around

• planets are yellow or white

What invention changed the way we think about planets?

• camera

• universe-in-a-box

• telescope

• sundial

If there are long shadows outside at lunchtime, what season do you think it is?

• summer

• winter

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How long is a year?

• The time it takes Earth to orbit the sun.

• The time it takes Earth to orbit the moon.

• The times it takes Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis.

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The word planet originally meant:

• space

• wandering star

• solar

• sun

Every planet and moon has gravity.

• true

• false

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