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Earth Patterns

PlanetsSun, Earth

MoonFamous

Astronomers

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B. One object goes around another

A. The path aPlanet takes

C. Spin around

D. Imaginary line

Rotate means

Rotate means to spin around

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Revolve means

B. Spin in one place

D. Imaginary line

C. Turn like a top

A. When one object goesAround another

Revolve means when one object goes around another object.

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Ellipse is

B. Oval

D. When you can’t see the moon

C. The path the Earth takes

A. Circle

Ellipse is the shape of Earth’s orbit (an OVAL).

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A satellite is

B. A smaller object goes around a larger object.

C. Shooting stars

D. Objects rotating

A. The path the Earth

takes around the Sun.

A satellite is a smaller object that revolves around a larger

object.

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The imaginary line that connects the North and

South poles is calledB. equator

C. hemisphere

D. axel

A. axis

Axis

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Day and night is caused by

A. Earth’s Rotation

D. Moon light

C. Sun going Around the Earth

B. Earth’s Revolution

Earth’s rotation causes day and night.

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A. 30 days

How long does it take the Earth to rotate?

D. 7 days

C. 1 year

B. 24 hours

It takes the Earth 1 day or 24 hours to rotate.

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What causes Earth’s seasons?

A. The Earth spins inOne place

D. The Earth is tilted on Its axis.

C. The Earth rotates

B. The Sun revolves

Seasons are caused by the Earth’s tilting on its axis.

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When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted

towards the Sun, what season is it in North

America?

A. spring

D. fall

C. winter

B. summer

When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun, it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere.

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What is the name of the United States space

program that landed on the moon?

A. Apollo

D. Galileo

C. Discovery

B. Challenger

The space program to land on the moon was called Apollo.

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A rock

What are the inner planets made of?

D rubber

C ice

B gas

Inner planets are made of rock.

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What are the outer planets made of?

A. metal

D. rock

C. gas

B. ice

Outer planets are made of gas.

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A. Some planets are made of gas.

Which of the following is FALSE?

B. Planets orbit a star.

C. Some planets are made of rock.

D. Planets produce their own light.

Planets DO NOT produce their own light.

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Which of the following is NOT an

inner planet? A. Mercury

B. Saturn

D. Venus

C. Mars

Saturn is NOT an inner planet.

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Between which two Between which two planets can you find the planets can you find the

Asteroid Belt?Asteroid Belt?

A. Saturn and Uranus

B. Earth and Mars

D. Jupiter and Saturn

C. Mars and Jupiter

You can find the Asteroid Belt between Mars and You can find the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter.Jupiter.

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A. metal

B. rock

C. gas

D. ice

The Sun is made out of

The Sun is made out of gas.

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How many Earths could fit inside of the Sun?

A. About 1 thousand

B. About 1 million

C. About 110

D. About 10

About 1 million Earths can fit inside of the Sun.

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Which of the following is NOT correct?

A. Earth’s atmosphere is made of helium and hydrogen.

B. Earth’s atmosphere protects us from dangerous rays of the sun.

C. Earth’s atmosphere protects us from meteors.

D. Earth’s atmosphere keeps us warm at night.

Earth’s atmosphere is NOT made up of helium and hydrogen. It is made

up of oxygen and nitrogen.

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When people, animals, wind and rain change the Earth’s

surface, it is called

A. ellipse

B. ecosystem

C. erosion

D. atmosphere

Erosion happens when wind, rain and people change the Earth’s surface.

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Which of the following is true about the moon?

A. It is bigger than the Earth

B. It is farther from the Earth than the Sun.

C. It has water.

D. It has mountains, valleys and plains.

The moon has valleys, mountains and plains.

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The Earth centered theory says

A. Planets and SunRevolve around the Earth

B. Planets revolve aroundThe Sun

C. Planets rotate

D. Earth revolves aroundThe Sun

The Earth-centered (Geocentric) theory says the Sun and planets

revolve around the Earth.

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A. Planets revolveAround the Earth.

B. Planets revolve around the Sun.

C. Planets rotate.

D The Sun revolvesAround the Earth.

The Sun centered theory says

The Sun centered (Heliocentric) theory says that the Earth and planets revolve

around the Sun.

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Which astronomer made great discoveries using the

telescope?A. Galileo

B.Aristotle

C. Ptolemy

D Copernicus

Galileo used the telescope.

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Which two scientists believed in the Earth-

centered theory? A. Galileo and Copernicus

B. Aristotle and Ptolemy

C. Copernicus andAristotle

D. Ptolemy and Galileo

Aristotle and Ptolemy believed in the Earth centered theory.

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Which two scientists believed in the Sun-

centered theory? A. Aristotle and Galileo

B. Ptolemy andAristotle

C. Galileo and Copernicus

D. Ptolemy andGalileo

Galileo and Copernicus believed in the Sun-centered theory.

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