Sun, Earth, Moon and Planets

A body that orbits a planet is a...

• Meteor
• Asteroid
• Satellite
• Comet

Spinning of Earth on its axis.

• Rotation
• Revolution

Movement of Earth around the sun.

• Rotation
• Revolution

Earth has seasons because.....

• Its axis is tilted
• Revolves around Saturn
• The sun revolves around Earth

A force is a ......

• Push
• Pull
• Push or a Pull

What is a satelite?

• A body that orbits a planet
• an object that orbits a sun
• a piece of glass in a space shuttle in earth

What is revolution?

• a day were the sun appears farthest north of the equator once each year and farthest south each year
• the movement of one object around another

what is rotation?

• the spinning of earth on its axis
• the imaginary line that passes through earths center.
• the movement of one object around another
• when the sun goes around earth 4 times

what causes day and night?

• rotation
• revolution
• solstice
• equinox

Which of the following is a characteristic of both the Earth and the Moon?

• Atmosphere containing oxygen
• Rocky surface covered with landforms
• Flowing water in oceans and rivers
• Fossils and fossil fuels under the surface