Earth's Orbit and Rotation Vocabulary Quiz

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Science
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5th Grade
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Fernando Arevalo
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An orbit is the path an object follows as it moves around another one.
Earth's Rotation
Earth's Orbit
Stellar Parallax
Sundial
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
NGSS.MS-PS2-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The action of the earth turning or spinning around its center.
Earth's Orbit
Foucault Pendulum
Shadow
Earth's Rotation
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A tool that provides evidence that the earth is rotating.
Geocentric Model
Stellar Parallax
Sundial
Foucault Pendulum
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An ancient model of the solar system which we know today is not correct.
Geocentric Model
Heliocentric Model
Leap Year
Sundial
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A model of the solar system which puts the Sun at the center and says that the planets orbit around the sun.
Earth's Rotation
Time Zone
Geocentric Model
Heliocentric Model
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS1-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The apparent shift of position of some stars through the year.
Leap year
Time Zone
Heliocentric Model
Stellar Parallax
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A year with one additional day added.
Leap Year
Time Zone
Sundial
Shadow
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