4.6 Earth/Moon/Sun

The sun and all of the bodies (planets, moons comets, asteroids) that orbit around it is the _________________________.

• the universe

• the solar system

• the satellites

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The motion that involves spinning on an axis is a ___________________.

• rotation

• revolution

• tilt

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Moving in a path around another object is called a _____________________.

• tilt

• rotation

• revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

An object that orbits, or revolves around, another object is a ___________________.

• satellite

• moon

• comet

• moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A satellite of Earth is ______________.

• the comets

• the satellites

• the sun

• the moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Earth completes on revolution around the sun every ______________.

• 24 hours

• day

• 3651/4 days

• week

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The moon completes one revolution around the Earth about once a _______________.

• month

• year

• week

• day

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Earth makes one complete rotation on its axis every ________________.

• year

• month

• 24 hours

• week

The sun is approximately ____________ billion years old.

• 2.6

• 3.4

• 6.4

• 4.6

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

An average sized yellow star describes the ____________.

• moon

• sun

• satellite