Earth and Space Science

The four inner planets are...

• Rocky and small

• Very large and made of ice

• Small and made of ice

• Very large and made of gases

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Earth and the other planets closest to the Sun are made mostly of _______

• gas

• metal

• water

• rock

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The moon is a natural  ______ of Earth.

• comet

• axis

• satellite

• space probe

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One kind of  _______ is the crescent Moon.  

• axis

• asteroid

• phase

• space probe

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Which best explains why the moon has phases?

• The moon’s position changes in relation to the sun and Earth. 

• The sun’s position changes in relation to the moon and Earth. 

• The Earth casts a shadow on the moon as it rotates. 

• The moon rotates along its axis

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A pattern of stars that form an imaginary picture or design in the sky...

• Orbit

• Rotate

• constellation

• Milky Way

The pattern of stars in a constellation stays the same, but a planet can be seen in different locations at different times because _______________.

• Stars don't move; planets revolve and rotate

• Stars and planets revolve and rotate.

• Stars not planets move

• Planets don't move; Stars revolve and rotate.

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Earth's ________ on its axis causes day and night.

• rotation

• revolution

• phase

• comet

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

One full orbit of an object around another object is called a ________.

• axis

• rotation

• revolution

• satellite

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Why does Earth have different seasons? 

• because of the distance between Earth and the sun 

• because of the speed of Earth as it rotates on its axis 

• because of the amount of light blocked by the moon on its axis 

• because of the tilt of Earth on its axis as it moves around the sun 

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