Earth and Space STA

In Ancient Times people thought the earth was _____

• A Cube

• Flat

• Round

• A semi circle

What term is given to the shape of the earth?

• Circle

• Spherical

• Round

• Ball-like

A regular, repeating path that one object takes around another is called an .......

During the day, why does the sun move?

• The sun orbits the earth.

• The earth rotates away from the sun.

• The earth rotates around the sun.

• The earth orbits the sun.

True or False. Around the world, it's the same time everywhere.

• True

• False

The reason the moon doesn't just float away is because of a force called _______

What year did humans first LAND on the moon?

Which is the correct order of the planets?

• Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Earth, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus.

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus.

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

Not including Pluto, how many planets are in our solar system?

The earth does what on its axis?

• Orbits

• Rotates

• Spins