Games Earth Science Review

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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What is it called when a plant makes its own food? 

• producing

• photosynthesis

• herbivore 

• photoproducing

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All living and nonliving things in an environment and the many ways they interact are called ______

• ecosystem

• community

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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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The inner planets are made of rocks and called the Terrestrial Planets.

• True

• False

When a meteor hits Earth, what is it called?

• meteorite

• meteroid

• meteor

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A rocky body that orbits around a planet.

• moon

• star

• axis

• Sun

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Cattle egrets are birds who ride on the backs of Rhinos. Rhinos are not affected, and cattle egrets eat the insects that fly out of the grass as the Rhinos graze. What type of relationship do these organisms have?

• Predator-prey

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

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