Objects in the Sky Review

The sun is the largest star in the sky.

• True

• False

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What causes day and night?

• gravity
• rotation
• revolution
• orbiting

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How long does it take the earth to rotate one time?

• 24 hours
• 365 days
• 100 weeks
• 1,000 years

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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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The moon orbits around the earth.

• True

• False

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What is the name of this moon phase?

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

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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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This is the imaginary line through a sphere.  In the case of our planet earth, this is slightly tilted.

• equator
• axis
• latitude
• longitude

Making a complete spin on an axis

• Axis

• Orbit

• Spinning Circle Thing

• Rotation

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What causes Moon Phases?

• The position of Earth, Sun, and Moon

• The amount of energy between the Moon and Sun

• The Sun's rotation around the Moon

• Earth shines a light on the Moon

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