Topic 7: Patterns in the Sky Alternative

What causes day and night?

• The earth rotating on its axis
• The earth revolving around the sun
• The axis' tilting back and forth
• The phases of the moon

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What causes seasons?

• rotation
• the orbit
• the Earth's tilt
• day and night

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What happens when the area in which you live tilts AWAY from the sun?

• It is summer.
• It is spring.
• It is winter.
• It is fall.

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What star is the source of light on Earth?

• The Moon

• The Sun

• Shadows

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A giant ball of hot, glowing gases

• Constellation

• Axis

• Star

_____is a force that pulls objects on Earth.

• Electricty

• The Sun

• Magnatism

• Gravity

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Why do we see different stars at different time of the year?

• The Earth's spin

• The Earth's orbit around the sun

• The Earth's rotation

• The sun moves

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The sun is

• the closest star to Earth.
• the center of the solar system.
• made of burning gas.
• All of the above

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There are eight different ways the moon looks and they are called this:

• rotations
• craters
• phases
• crescents

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What is the name of this moon phase?

• new moon
• half moon
• full moon
• quarter moon

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