Science Quiz - Grade 3-7

Earth's spinning in space.

• Rotate

• Constellation

• Axis

• Orbit

• Revolve

A pattern of stars in the night sky.

• Constellation

• Axis

• Rotate

• Orbit

• Revolve

One half of Earth.

• Orbit

• Rotate

• Axis

• Revolve

• Hemisphere

An imaginary line through Earth.

• Orbit

• Rotate

• Constellation

• Axis

• Revolve

Earth does this around the sun once a year.

• Revolve

• Axis

• Orbit

• Rotate

• Constellation

A time of year with a particular type of weather.

• Season

• Axis

• Revolve

• Rotate

• Orbit

Earth's path in space.

• Rotate

• Axis

• Revolve

• Orbit

• Constellation

What causes day and night on Earth?

• The Earth's orbit around the Sun

• The rotation of the Earth on its axis

• The tilt of the Earth's axis

• The phases of the Moon

What keeps the Moon in orbit around Earth?

• The Moon's own gravity

• The gravitational pull of the Sun

• Earth's gravity

• The speed of the Moon's rotation

What is the main reason we experience seasons on Earth?

• The distance between the Earth and Sun changes.

• The Earth's axis is tilted as it orbits the Sun.

• The Moon blocks sunlight at certain times of the year.

• The Sun rotates around the Earth.