Earth & Science Study Guide 4th grade

Earth spins on its ______.

• rotation

• telescope

• shadow

• axis

One __________is a complete spin on the axis.

• tilt

• axis

• rotation

• astronaut

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The ______of Earth's axis affects the length of the day.

• axis

• shadow

• tilt

• rotation

________ ________ is the way something appears, or seems, to move.

• Radio telescopes

• Space probes

• Aerospace Engineers

• Apparent motion

A __________ forms when light is blocked.

• shadow

• tilt

• rotation

• axis

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

When the Sun is high in the sky, an object has a __________ shadow.

• longer

• shallow

• shorter

• dense

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

When the Sun is low in the sky, an object has a _______ shadow.

• short

• long

• dense

• white

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NGSS.5-ESS1-2

An early astronomer Galileo began looking at the sky through ___________.

• revolutions

• windows

• telescopes

• rotations

Galileo used an ________ ________, which uses lenses or mirrors to gather visible light.

• optical telescope

• apparent motion

• Aerospace Engineer

• space probe

The ________ _______ _________ was placed into orbit around Earth in 1990 and it can show objects that are billions of trillions of kilometers from Earth.

• Space Probe Earth

• Revolutionary Shadow Seeker

• Radio Telescope Probe

• Hubble Space Telescope

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