Science 5.9

Which planet is the 6th planet from the sun?

• Saturn

• Jupiter

• Mars

• Neptune

Which planet rotates on its side?

• Neptune

• Uranus

• Mars

• Venus

Which answer choice has the planets placed IN ORDER?

• Mars, Venus, Mercury, Earth, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus Neptune

• Mercury, Earth, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus Neptune

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

What GALAXY do we live in?

• Chicago

• Milky Way

• Barred Spiral

• Snickers

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What pulls objects to the center of the Earth?

• the sun

• the moon

• the tides

• gravity

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What is a group of stars that makes a pattern?

• Ursa Minor (Little Dipper)

• Hercules

• constellations

• Ursa Major (Big Dipper)

Earth ________ on its axis.

• rotates

• revolves

• twists and shouts

• stays

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Why do the length of shadows change throughout the day?

• Because of the revolution of Earth around the sun

• Because of the revolution of the moon around Earth

• Because of the rising and setting of the sun

• Because of the movement of stars in a circle

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Why do the stars seem to move in the sky?

• Earth's tilt

• Earth orbiting the sun

• The moon orbiting Earth

• Earth rotating on its axis

What would happen if Earth spun faster on its axis than it does now?

• Earth would be hotter

• A day would be shorter than 24 hours

• A year would be longer than 365 days

• There would be more than four seasons