- Chunks of rock have fallen from space and when they hit the moon, they create
Your answer:
holes
craters
probes
mountains
- Earth is surrounded by a blanket of air called
Your answer:
revolution
weather
rotation
atmosphere
- What does the Earth's atmosphere NOT do?
Your answer:
It traps the Sun's heat and keeps us from getting too cold at night.
It causes the seasons.
It gives us clouds and weather.
It protects us from the Sun's harmful rays.
- Who is the scientist who studies objects in space?
Your answer:
inventor
astronaut
engineer
astronomer
- A __________ makes faraway objects look larger.
Your answer:
telescope
microscope
probe
globe
- The pull of ________ keeps people and objects on the ground.
Your answer:
the moon
gravity
air
the sun
- If the Earth was a basketball, then the moon would be a ____________.
Your answer:
golf ball
soccer ball
tennis ball
marble
- The sun is a _______.
Your answer:
meteorite
star
planet
crater
- The Sun is ________
Your answer:
about the same size as the Moon
much smaller than the Earth
much larger than the Earth
about the same size as the Earth
- The spinning motion of the Earth is called ______________.
Your answer:
rotation
spinning
revolution
seasons
- The imaginary line that runs through the Earth's North and South Poles is called an _____.
Your answer:
atmosphere
equator
orbit
axis
- Another name for the North Star is _______.
Your answer:
Big Dipper
Little Dipper
Polaris
Sundial
- The Earth __________ around the Sun.
Your answer:
rotates
spins
flies
revolves
- The path that the Earth travels around the sun is called an _________.
Your answer:
Earthway
arch
orbit
exit path
- A _________ is a large body that circles a star and that doesn't give off light as a star does.
Your answer:
satellite
planet
constellation
moon
- The changing shapes of the Moon that can be seen from the Earth are known as _________.
Your answer:
orbits
tides
constellations
phases
- It takes one ______ for the Earth to rotate.
Your answer:
hour
year
day
month
- It takes one ________ for the Earth to revolve aroun the Sun.
Your answer:
day
year
month
hour
- The tilt of the planet Earth's axis causes our ___________.
Your answer:
seasons
years
days
birthdays
- The phases of the Moon occur because ___________
Your answer:
the Moon rotates
Earth is rotating
the Moon revolves around Earth
the same side of the Moon always faces Earth