Topic 11 Lesson 1

The spinning of the Earth on its axis that causes night and day.

• Rotate
• Revolve

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The sun and everything that revolves around it.

• solar system
• galaxy
• universe
• rotation

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The imaginary line running through the center of Earth.

• axis
• moon
• constellation
• orbit

The star at the center of our solar system.

• Sun
• moon
• orbit
• axis

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The rotation of Earth on its axis causes the pattern of _____.

• night and day
• constellations
• Earth's seasons
• the phases of the moon

Fixed patterns of stars are called _____.

• Constellations
• Nebulas
• orbits
• systems

It takes Earth _________ to make one complete rotation on its axis.

• 24 hours
• 365 days
• 28 days
• 24 days

It takes Earth _____________ to make one revolution or orbit around the Sun.

• 365 days
• 365 hours
• 28 days
• 24 hours

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A tool used to make distant objects appear larger, brighter, and sharper.

• telescope
• planet
• moon
• microscope