Earth Science Review

What causes different seasons on different parts of the Earth?

• gravity

• tilt

• magnetism

• rotation

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What is the invisible path the Earth follows around the sun called?

• orbit

• parallax effect

• nebulae

• satellite

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What is the movement of a planet around the sun called?

• gravity

• tilt

• revolution

• rotation

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What is a huge system containing billions of stars called?

• light years

• nebulae

• galaxy

• constellation

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What is the Earth's outermost layer called?

• Mantle

• Core

• Crust

• Atmosphere

What do scientists use to help measure a star or planet's distance from Earth?

• a long measuring tape

• the Earth's tilt

• a radio telescope

• the parallax effect

What do scientists use to listen for signs of life that some people believe might exist on distant planets?

• Global Positioning Systems

• sextants

• radio telescopes

• the Hubble Space Telescope

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When you jump, you always come back down to Earth. What causes that?

• gravity

• Eath's tilt

• orbit

• rotation

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What are huge, colorful clouds of gas and dust in outer space called?

• asetroids

• galaxies

• nebulae

• binary stars

A satellite ______.

• orbits around something bigger

• is a telescope

• orbits clockwise

• orbits counterclockwise

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