Earth’s movement / The Sun, the Earth and the Moon

The spinning of the Earth on its axis is called....

• revolution

• rotation

• orbit

• a year

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The pathway the Earth takes around the sun is...

• revolution

• rotation

• orbit

• a year

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The imaginary line that goes through the Earth (hint: the Earth spins on this)....

• orbit

• axis

• north pole

• solar system

The orbiting of the Earth around the sun is called...

• revolution

• axis

• orbit

• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This takes 24 hours:

• rotation

• revolution

This takes 1 year:

• rotation

• revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Sun is the center of our....

• universe

• school

• Solar System

• planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The Sun is a....

• planet

• satellite

• moon

• star

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Sun appears brighter than all other stars because it is.....

• further away from Earth than other stars

• the brightest star in the universe

• closer than other stars

The movement around another object is called a __________.

• axis

• gravity

• planet

• revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2