Earth, Sun, Moon Vocabulary Quiz

It takes about 365 days for the Earth to make one ________

• Rotation

• pass

• Orbit

• Revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

About how long does it take for Earth to rotate one time?

• 365 days

• 24 hours

• 365 hours

• 1 month

What causes day and night?

• The seasons

• lights going on and off

• Rotation

• Revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What does Revolution mean?

• The motion of Earth in its orbit around the black hole

• The spinning of Earth on its axia

• A dance party

• The motion of Earth in its orbit around the sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

What is Earth's shape?

• A sphere

• An oval

• A triangle

• It is flat

If the Earth rotated slower, how would that affect the length of the day?

• The day would be shorter

• People would fall off the Earth

• The day would be longer

• Nothing would change

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is an elipse?

• A round 3-D object

• The lighter shadow surrounding the penumbra

• The umbra

• An elongated, closed curve, in the shape of an oval

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Earth moving in a counter-clockwise motion is an example of _____

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Rotation and Revolution

• Mr. Matecki dancing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The spinning of Earth on its axis is called ______

• Spinning

• Revolution

• Rotation

• orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What causes us to have seasons?

• Earth's rotation

• Earth's rotation, revolution, and tilt

• Earth's revolution

• Earth's tilt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1